"Satire on Robert Walpole and attempts to remove him from office. Walpole, illuminated by rays, stands in a cart, at the tail of which walks Dr Conyers Middleton, drawn from right to left by six broken down horses and asses on the leader of which rides the postillion Lord Hervey, identified by his fan ("Lord Fanny") and the Seal around his neck; overhead flies a devil with a banner lettered, "The Death of M[iddleto]n in the Life of Cicero. Walpole raises his arms in surprise at a Trojan horse appearing to follow him. Argyll wearing a tartan sash and a purse of £1000 at his waist is seated onthe horse's back saying "77 Commissions baits for votes, in Parliament; a monkey swings from a tree behind him holding a ribbon lettered, "C. La. John". A trapdoor, against which rests a ladder, is open in the belly of the horse revealing the heads of two men within, a ribbon from the mouth of one is lettered, "for giveing a girl of 14", the phrase continuing around the opening, "to 4 score/in ye fleet". A head with an expression of alarm appears beneath the horse, obscured by shadow. Beside the horse stands an officer brandishing a stick and saying, "he wants, caning"; to his right, stands a group of three men and a women, one man, wearing clerical or legal bands holds up a bell, a clergyman grasps him by the hand saying, "I may sell gin again". At lower right stands the Duke of Grafton, Lord Chamberlain, holding his wand of office and saying, "My wages runs deep" (see BM Satires 2491); a small black page holds his train. In the centre, a woman on all fours has pulled up her skirts to allow elegant man with a monkey's head to kiss her backside through a short ladder; she winks and holds up the first two fingers of her right hand; the monkey-man is identified as the surgeon, Esquire Carey of Pall Mall, by a ribobon lettered, "your Taa; Pall-mal", a clyster pipe, and a hat with a label inside reading, "Carey in ye Minor". Behind Carey, appears a small bald-headed man, his wig falling off, who holds up his hands saying, "Direectors of ye Assical Print & Procession, by ye Authors of Manners" (a reference to BM Satires 2494 and to Paul Whitehead's anti-Walpole satire "Manners" published in February 1739. On the left, is a group of those in opposition to Walpole, identified by the legend beneath in which they disparage Walpole, each voices an insult including a reference to his Secret Service, to the Black Joke (a suggestive ballad) and to a Lapland witch (reputed to have the power to conjure up winds and tempests): 1. Lord Chesterfield, defecating on to the satirical print entitled "Funeral of Faction" (BM Satires 2487); 2. Lord Cobham; 3. John Myddelton; 4. William Pulteney; 5. the Duchess of Marlborough; 6. Samuel Sandys holding his nose has he looks down at Chesterfield. In the background stands the recently established Foundling Hospital with a sign above its door reading, "This House is full" and a roundel with a woman laying down a child; a sailor sits on an inn sign (with two ships) lettered "he'll inslave us" and pointing towards Walpole; he holds a tankard in his other hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Motley team of state
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to George Bickham the younger in an unverified card catalog record., Twenty four lines of text in six columns below image: 1. C-t-d. He's a musician, to his prince he plays ..., State with imprint partially burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2495 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Discord -- The White Horse of Hanover as a Trojan Horse -- Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Buildings: The Foundling Hospital -- Medical implements: clyster pipe., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
1741 by authority, printed for G. Bickham
Subject (Name):
Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749, Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of, 1683-1757, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743, Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Marlborough, Charles Spencer, Duke of, 1706-1758, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
"Satire on Robert Walpole and attempts to remove him from office. Walpole, illuminated by rays, stands in a cart, at the tail of which walks Dr Conyers Middleton, drawn from right to left by six broken down horses and asses on the leader of which rides the postillion Lord Hervey, identified by his fan ("Lord Fanny") and the Seal around his neck; overhead flies a devil with a banner lettered, "The Death of M[iddleto]n in the Life of Cicero. Walpole raises his arms in surprise at a Trojan horse appearing to follow him. Argyll wearing a tartan sash and a purse of £1000 at his waist is seated onthe horse's back saying "77 Commissions baits for votes, in Parliament; a monkey swings from a tree behind him holding a ribbon lettered, "C. La. John". A trapdoor, against which rests a ladder, is open in the belly of the horse revealing the heads of two men within, a ribbon from the mouth of one is lettered, "for giveing a girl of 14", the phrase continuing around the opening, "to 4 score/in ye fleet". A head with an expression of alarm appears beneath the horse, obscured by shadow. Beside the horse stands an officer brandishing a stick and saying, "he wants, caning"; to his right, stands a group of three men and a women, one man, wearing clerical or legal bands holds up a bell, a clergyman grasps him by the hand saying, "I may sell gin again". At lower right stands the Duke of Grafton, Lord Chamberlain, holding his wand of office and saying, "My wages runs deep" (see BM Satires 2491); a small black page holds his train. In the centre, a woman on all fours has pulled up her skirts to allow elegant man with a monkey's head to kiss her backside through a short ladder; she winks and holds up the first two fingers of her right hand; the monkey-man is identified as the surgeon, Esquire Carey of Pall Mall, by a ribobon lettered, "your Taa; Pall-mal", a clyster pipe, and a hat with a label inside reading, "Carey in ye Minor". Behind Carey, appears a small bald-headed man, his wig falling off, who holds up his hands saying, "Direectors of ye Assical Print & Procession, by ye Authors of Manners" (a reference to BM Satires 2494 and to Paul Whitehead's anti-Walpole satire "Manners" published in February 1739. On the left, is a group of those in opposition to Walpole, identified by the legend beneath in which they disparage Walpole, each voices an insult including a reference to his Secret Service, to the Black Joke (a suggestive ballad) and to a Lapland witch (reputed to have the power to conjure up winds and tempests): 1. Lord Chesterfield, defecating on to the satirical print entitled "Funeral of Faction" (BM Satires 2487); 2. Lord Cobham; 3. John Myddelton; 4. William Pulteney; 5. the Duchess of Marlborough; 6. Samuel Sandys holding his nose has he looks down at Chesterfield. In the background stands the recently established Foundling Hospital with a sign above its door reading, "This House is full" and a roundel with a woman laying down a child; a sailor sits on an inn sign (with two ships) lettered "he'll inslave us" and pointing towards Walpole; he holds a tankard in his other hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Motley team of state
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to George Bickham the younger in an unverified card catalog record., Twenty four lines of text in six columns below image: 1. C-t-d. He's a musician, to his prince he plays ..., State with imprint partially burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2495 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Discord -- The White Horse of Hanover as a Trojan Horse -- Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Buildings: The Foundling Hospital -- Medical implements: clyster pipe., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
1741 by authority, printed for G. Bickham
Subject (Name):
Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749, Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of, 1683-1757, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743, Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Marlborough, Charles Spencer, Duke of, 1706-1758, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Letterpress broadside poem illustrated with a hand-colored etching at top of sheet (plate mark 20 x 31.8 cm.)., Publication date from plate., Ten stanzas of song, separated with ornamental borders, below image: Midst home-bred feuds and foreign nurtur'd jars ... Signed: C.P.G., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Despair -- Personifications: Rage -- Personifications: Folly., and Watermark: Pro Patria.
Publisher:
Sold by John King in the Poultry, John Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street, and at the print and pamphlet shops
Title from item., 'Price 3d'., Three lines of dedication at the bottom of the image: To the brave Admiral Vernon, and his worthy collegue [sic], Charles Edwin, Esq. this plate is most humbly dedicated by G. Bickham., Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: O, put it in the public voice to make a free and worthy choice ..., Temporary local subject terms: London: St. Paul's, Covent Garden -- Elections: Westminster election, 1741 -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Taxes: excise., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Sold in Mays Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Edwin, Charles, ca. 1699-1756, Wager, Charles, Sir, 1666-1743, De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746, and Sundon, William Clayton, Baron, 1671-1752
Title from item., "Price 1s"--Lower right corner., One line of text following title: NB. The beasts represent certain monarchs, and the birds certain kingdoms, the eagle in particular Germany with her nine electors., Temporary local subject terms: Russian bear -- German eagle and 9 eaglets (electors) -- French fox and fox cub -- Hungarian peacock -- Prussian jay -- British lion -- Dutch goose -- Austrian bull -- Bavarian hound -- Morrocan tunis (camel) -- Swiss bat -- Venetian dolphin -- Walpolian owl -- Spanish griffin -- Swedish ostrich -- Swan of Lorain -- Roman cat -- Danish stork -- Persian rhinoceros -- Turkish elephant -- Norwegian frog -- Pretender's serpent -- Bills: excise, 1741 -- Torches -- German elections, 1741 -- Europe as beehive -- Hanoverian turnips -- Count Joseph Edward Gage, 1678?-1753?, and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, and Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
Subject (Topic):
National emblems, British, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Prussian, Roman, Russian, Swiss, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Title from item., "Price 1s"--Lower right corner., One line of text following title: NB. The beasts represent certain monarchs, and the birds certain kingdoms, the eagle in particular Germany with her nine electors., and Temporary local subject terms: Russian bear -- German eagle and 9 eaglets (electors) -- French fox and fox cub -- Hungarian peacock -- Prussian jay -- British lion -- Dutch goose -- Austrian bull -- Bavarian hound -- Morrocan tunis (camel) -- Swiss bat -- Venetian dolphin -- Walpolian owl -- Spanish griffin -- Swedish ostrich -- Swan of Lorain -- Roman cat -- Danish stork -- Persian rhinoceros -- Turkish elephant -- Norwegian frog -- Pretender's serpent -- Bills: excise, 1741 -- Torches -- German elections, 1741 -- Europe as beehive -- Hanoverian turnips -- Count Joseph Edward Gage, 1678?-1753?
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, and Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
Subject (Topic):
National emblems, British, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Prussian, Roman, Russian, Swiss, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
A satyr in the character of Time, holding a hour-glass and scythe, reclines on top a sarcophagus. On the front is a medallion of Sir Robert Walpole. On either side Lord Sundon and Sir C. Wager are shown weeping. In the clouds above amid angels sits the Prince of Wales holding a bludgeon in one hand and pointing to a figure (Mr. Edwin). The Prince is accompanied by the figure of Justice holding a set of scales
Alternative Title:
Triumph of Justice
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from from British Museum catalogue., "Engrav'd according to act of Parliament.", Dedication at top of image: To the independent electors of Westminster., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Sundon, William Clayton, Baron, 1671-1752, and Wager, Charles, Sir, 1666-1743
Dated in lower left corner of plate: March [the] 2 1740., 'Price six pence.', Letterpress broadside poem printed, illustrated with etching (plate mark 20.8 x 32.8 cm) at top of sheet, Verse - "Who be dat de box do sit on?"., An engraved cartoon, with verses, in answer to the print "The motion.", Against Walpole., Watermark: watermark and countermark., Tentatively attributed on verso to George Bickham by the curator., and 1 print on laid paper : etching ; plate mark 20.8 x 32.7 cm., on sheet 32 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row, 1741. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743., Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743., and Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750.
Title etched at top of plate above image., A satire against Walpole. See Foxon., Verse: "Who be de noble lady dere ..."., Letterpress broadside poem printed, illustrated with hand-colored etching at top of sheet (plate mark 21.3 x 32.2 cm.)., Lewis Walpole Library 741.04.07.01+: Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: White Hall -- Buildings: Treasury -- Personifications: Justice -- Britannia (Symbolic character)., and Unidentified watermark.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, April the 7th 1741, and sold by J. Tinney, at the Golden Lion, in Fleet-Street, and at the print and pamphlet-shops
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had [the] original Reason., Fourteen stanzas of verse in five columns below image: All ye friends to merry ditty, Pray attend and I will fitt ye ..., Another state, with imprint and printseller's announcement partially burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2490 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Motions: motion for dismissal of Sir Robert Walpole -- Mottoes: Pro Patria Mori -- Conventions: allusion to the Pardo Convention, 1739 -- Emblems: Commonwealth as a coach -- Fairs: allusion to Bolingbroke's fair -- Buildings: Exchequer -- Signs: signboard -- Clergy: bishop -- Vehicles: coach -- Preferments -- Bills: place bill -- Bills: pension bill -- Emblems: France as a French ape -- Newspapers -- Allusion to Barcelona -- Literature: allusion to Vindication of the miracles, by Richard Smalbroke, 1672-1741 -- Speeches: allusion to Gage's speech against registering of seamen, December 1740 -- Animals: Viscount Bolingbroke as a bull -- Animals: Cardinal Fleury as a fox., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickham [...]
Subject (Name):
Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 and Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
