Election-troops, bringing in their accounts, to the pay-table HRH The Duke of Cambridge A view on Hampstead Heath

A view on Hampstead Heath

'In the Mall

showing a Bank of England beadle acting as Town Crier

He was a close friend of the Prince Regent and was appointed Equerry by him in 1791

causing the animal to buck

Election-troops, bringing in their accounts, to the pay-table HRH The Duke of Cambridge A view on Hampstead Heath'Election troops, bringing in their accounts, to the pay table', 1788. The 'troops' headed by Major Topham, approaching the barrier gate of the Treasury behind which stands William Pitt, holding a large key. Major Topham shows Pitt a paper on which are inscribed the deeds for which they seek payment, but Pitt disowns them and directs them to Lord Hood.