Hustings at Brentford for the election for the seat of Middlesex in 1802: Sir Francis Burdett, surrounded by a boisterous crowd, pleads with the Devil to support him, but the Devil looks at the hustings and decides to return to Hell. Etching attributed to J.T. Smith, 1802.

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Hustings at Brentford for the election for the seat of Middlesex in 1802: Sir Francis Burdett, surrounded by a boisterous crowd, pleads with the Devil to support him, but the Devil looks at the hustings and decides to return to Hell. Etching attributed to J.T. Smith, 1802.