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Election token commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Gardner MP Long Caption: Election token commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Gardner MP (1742-1809). Obverse: Full-length figure of Admiral Gardner (facing) in a cocked hat, standing on a French flag, right hand resting on the muzzle of a cannon. Reverse: An obelisk, inscribed, 'BILL OF RIGHTS' (left) surmounted by a crown and crossed sceptre and sword with oak branches behind; a fox holding a staff saying 'NO MAJESTY BUT THAT OF THE PEOPLE' is standing on three overlapping blocks inscribed, 'CORRESPONG. SOCIETY', 'RIGHTS OF MAN', 'WHIG CLUB'. A figure saying 'THIS IS YOUR ONLY PROP' places a prop under the top block labelled 'SEDITION'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: MEC1959 Artist: unknown Date: 1796 Medium: copper Size: 33 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.