Tin-glazed earthenware plate, featuring a figure of Justice triumphing over a demon; on the lower right there lies a scroll inscribed 'The Petitions'; overhead is an arch inscribed 'T C / LIBERTAS POPULI'. The plate celebrates the victory of Tory candidate Thomas Coster, whose election as an MP for Bristol in 1734 was challenged by petition, but secured when the petition was withdrawn, in 1735.
British Museum; Museum Number: 1910,1219.1
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