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Identification note: The subject of this cartoon has not been identified. There is a reference to an "Irish Secretary" in the dialogue. On the left of the picture is a finger post inscribed "Chippenham" which points to the scene enacted.

Summary: coloured copper engraving, "Townsend the Umpire of Love, or the Poled Scott hunted off after a Long Struggle", 1812, Pub 1 Jan. 1812, by S W Fores

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