A consequence of the motion [graphic].

Description

Title: A consequence of the motion [graphic].
Alternative Title: Duel between Lord Hervey and the Honble. William Pultney
Published / Created: [1741]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Two men fight a duel with rapiers in the courtyards of a building. Through a large doorway peers Sir Robert Walpole his finger to his lips, saying "Let them cut one another's throats".
Description: Title from item.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Subjects identified in manuscript on British Museum catalogue impression.
Lewis Walpole Library: The two duellists were formerly misidentified as Lord Chesterfield and Viscount Cobham.
For publication date of print see British Museum Catalogue of prints and drawings, v. iii, p. 372.
Variant state, without caption title above the image and without publisher. Cf. No. 1868 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.
Watermark: Pro Patria.
Provenance: Suckling; May 1957;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.7 x 26.2 cm, on sheet 18 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1741
Etchings England London 1741
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
Subject (Topic): Fencing
Subjects: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fencing
England > 1741
England > London > 1741

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