The high-flying candidate, (ie Little Paul-Goose), mounting from a blanket Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Fair in Hyde Park

Fair in Hyde Park

Richard Sheridan

A knife grinder at work

as it would appear in Greenwich Park from the Observatory

carrying a large bundle of brooms fastened to a stick

The high-flying candidate, (ie Little Paul-Goose), mounting from a blanket Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Fair in Hyde Park'The high flying candidate, (ie Little Paul Goose), mounting from a blanket', 1806. View of the hustings in Covent Garden showing Sir Samuel Hood and Richard Sheridan tossing James Paull high in the air from a 'coalition blanket'. A satire relating to the general election of 1806. Hood (tory) and Sheridan (Whig) won the two seats representing the Westminster constituency with Paull (Radical) finishing third.