The funeral of faction

Description

Title: The funeral of faction
Contributor: Cooper, Thomas, -1743, publisher.
Published / Created: March [the] 26 1741 act of Parliment [sic].
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row
Description: Caption title above image.
Letterpress broadside poem illustrated with etching (plate mark 20.7 x 32.4 cm) at top of sheet.
First line of text: God prosper long our noble King.
Caption below image: Funerals perform'd by Squire S-ds and the best shammy gloves by Leonidas.
Text following imprint: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Price Six-Pence.
"A satire on the failure of Samuel Sandys's motion to dismiss Walpole". See Foxon.
Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet.
Note on mounting sheet (35 x 48 cm): Original drawing at Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk, UK.
Title in French "Enterrement des partisants" added in lower right of sheet in an unidentified hand.
Watermark: Pro Patria.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec., 1966 ; Truman Sale 1906.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : sheet 32 x 33 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Caricatures and cartoons
Broadside poems England 1741
Satires England 1741
Satires (Visual works) England 1741
Etchings England London 1741
Watermarks (Paper)
Annotations (Provenance)
Material: 1 ill. (etching) ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Subjects: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Poetry
Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770 > Poetry
Great Britain > Politics and government > 18th century > Poetry
England > 1741
England > London > 1741

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