The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales *see the Chinese Orphan, a tragedy for the reason of this term / [graphic]
Found In:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales *see the Chinese Orphan, a tragedy for the reason of this term / [graphic]
Description
- Title
- The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales *see the Chinese Orphan, a tragedy for the reason of this term / [graphic]
- Contributor
- Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1742]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Eliza Haywood at Fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, and sold by the printsellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, according to act of Parliament
- Abstract
-
"A broadside satirising Robert Walpole with an etching in two parts. In the left-hand scene Frederick, Prince of Wales, stands with the Duke of Argyll and other gentlemen, pointing to the left where George II embraces Britannia. In the foreground, the grotesque figure of Walpole, wearing a coronet, kneels holding in five hands, bags of French and Spanish gold and another lettered, "I am Lord Corruption". Behind him stands his daughter, Lady Mary, toying with a coronet. On the ground beside Walpole, the French cock perches on the back of the exhausted Imperial Eagle, but the British lion watching the conflict growls, "Now I'm rousing". In the background, the white horse of Hanover kicks a man off a high rock; the man cries, "I'm lost"; a ship lies at anchor off Cartagena observed from another high rock to right by Admiral Vernon whose impetus towards the city is restrained by General Wentworth; below these two men sits Admiral Haddock chained to a rock (a reference to the limitation of his resources in dealing with the combined Spanish and French Mediterranean fleets). In the right-hand scene Walpole raises his hands in horror at the appearance in a cloud of smoke of the ghost of Eustace Budgell who holds out a paper described in the verses to left as a "black Account ...Full twenty Winters of Misdeeds"; on the table at which Walpole is sitting is a large candlestick and letters addressed "A son Eminence" (Cardinal Fleury) and "à don [Sebastian] de la Quadra" and a book on "The Art of Bribery". Budgell's ghost raises his hand above his head to point at a scene of a beheading in the background above which flies Time while Justice sits on a column beside the scaffold and a crowd cheers below; over a doorway to right is a portrait of a Cardinal, presumably intended for Wolsey who is mentioned in the verses on the right. Engraved title and dedication to the Prince of Wales on a cloth above the scene supported by two putti; verses in two columns on either side condemning Walpole for his maladministration and celebrating the new prominence of the Prince of Wales and his followers; lines of music in two columns below the etching."--British Museum online catalogue
Also depicted the White Horse of the Hanover, British lion emblem, and
- Description
-
Title from caption above image.
British Museum curator's note: "The Man in Blue" refers to "The Chinese Orphan", which was a anti-Walpole verse drama by William Hatchett, published in 1741.
Engraved throughout, with illustration in top center and music below.
For voice and harpsichord. Music on two staves with interlinear words. With caption above music: Set by Sigr. Plutone, 1st composer to the Infernal Shades.
Thirty-four stanzas of song engraved on either side of image and music: One midnight, as the man in blue, sat pond'ring on his doom ...
Numbered '113' in black ink in an unidentified hand. - Provenance
- Pickering & Chatto; January 2019.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 41.3 x 48 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 742.00.00.10++ Impression 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Songs
Satires
Satires (Visual works) England 1742
Etchings England London 1742
Annotations (Provenance)
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- engraving with etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image and noted music
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Cartagena (Colombia)
Great Britain. - Subject (Name)
-
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737
Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
Haddock, Nicholas, 1684-1757
Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530
Wentworth, Thomas, active 1741
Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801, - Subject (Topic)
-
English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742
History
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Political corruption
Death (Personification)
Bribery
Crowns
Decapitations
Ghosts
Justice
Putti
National emblems
British
French
Germany
Spanish - Subjects
-
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 > Caricatures and cartoons
Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751 > Caricatures and cartoons
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737 > Caricatures and cartoons
Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Haddock, Nicholas, 1684-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wentworth, Thomas, active 1741 > Caricatures and cartoons
Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801
English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742
Cartagena (Colombia) > History > Siege, 1741
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Political corruption > Great Britain
Death (Personification)
Bribery > Great Britain
Crowns
Decapitations
Ghosts
Justice
Putti
National emblems > British
National emblems > French
National emblems > Germany
National emblems > Spanish
England > 1742
England > London > 1742
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ms. notes
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8798291
- Object ID (OID)
- 16706464