A very extraordinary motion [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A very extraordinary motion [graphic].
- Creator
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [December 1744]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"Satire on George II's reluctance to accept an inter-party ("Broad-Bottom") government which included Tories suspected of Jacobite sympathies. The king, in the centre. leans across a table crying out, "Hounsfoot me no Stomach him!" as Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, and his brother Henry prepare to cram the Tory John Hinde Cotton into his mouth; Newcastle remarks, "His Bottom's dam'd Broad". Six other former opposition members hoping for office, including Lords Cobham (saying "I'll Protest no more") and Lyttelton ("You are right Cuz"),and William Pitt ("We drive a fine Trade"), lie on a shelf ready to be treated in the same way as Cotton, one of them saying, "Burn the Yellow List." The kings breeches are lowered and he is evacuating Lord Hobart. Others who have presumably emerged in the same manner leave the scene to left complaining that they have been turned out of office. They include Sir John Rushout saying, "Rusht-out with a Fizzle", and, kneeling in the foreground, Lord Winchelsea who has dropped his spectacles, complaining, "Bes[hi]t without a Job". In the foreground to right, stand two other gentlemen address the oppositiion members, one saying "Consider Your Oaths", and the other, holding a large key, "Remember The Healths"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from caption above image.
Printmaker George Bickham the Younger and publication date 1744 from British Museum catalogue.
Mounted to 34 x 49 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 32.4 cm, on sheet 26 x 41 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 744.12.00.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1744
Etchings England London 1744 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
Great Britain. - Subject (Name)
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George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Buckinghamshire, John Hobart, Earl of, 1693-1756
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Rushout, John, Sir, 1684-1775
Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769 - Subject (Topic)
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Broad-bottom
Politics and government
Defecation
Politicians - Subjects
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George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 > Caricatures and cartoons
Buckinghamshire, John Hobart, Earl of, 1693-1756 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rushout, John, Sir, 1684-1775 > Caricatures and cartoons
Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769 > Caricatures and cartoons
Broad-bottom
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1727-1760
Defecation
Politicians > Great Britain
England > 1744
England > London > 1744
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8778649
- Object ID (OID)
- 10700449