His arrival at his country retirement & reception [graphic].

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Title: His arrival at his country retirement & reception [graphic].
Alternative Title: His arrival at his country retirement and reception
Published / Created: [1754]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire on Henry Pelham and his allegiance to Robert Walpole, showing after his death him crossing the Styx to encounter Walpole, Wolsey, Judge Jeffreys and Machiavelli."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched at top of image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top and bottom.
Temporary local subject terms: Hell -- Bills: reference to the Jew Naturalization Bill, 1753.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.1 x 37.1 cm, on sheet 25.1 x 39 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1754
Etchings England London 1754
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Baron, 1644 or 5-1689
Subject (Topic): Caricatures and cartoon
Demons
Subjects: Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754 > Caricatures and cartoons
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Baron, 1644 or 5-1689 > Caricatures and cartoon
Demons
England > 1754
England > London > 1754

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