"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 and 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 ..., and Numbered '113' in black ink in an unidentified hand.
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
Subject (Geographic):
Cartagena (Colombia) and 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, and 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, and Spanish
"Satire on Robert Walpole at the time of his fall. Extended across a room is a large screen with twenty scenes described metaphorically in the text below. The scenes refer to instances of corruption and maladministration in his career: (1) three soldiers standing outside a prison referring to Walpole's alleged acceptance of a bribe in awarding two forage contracts for the army in Scotland when secretary of war in 1711 for which he was committed to the Tower; (2) a figure stretched across a screen indicating his "screening" of those involved in the South Sea Bubble; (3) a "Strumpet, called Corruption" with mitres and other symbols of office at her feet and Walpole at her side while "Pl[ace]m[e]n and Pensioners" gather around; (4) a snake-haired Fury drives men burdened with "Gin Act Dutys Taxes Debts"; (5) Walpole drives a chaise drawn by men instead of horses referring to the deeply unpopular Excise Scheme of 1733 and the Register Bill proposing the registration of seamen for defence purposes; (6) Walpole cutting in half a child representing the Sinking Fund; (7) Walpole embezzling public funds from chests in a strong room; (8) a hydra-headed Standing Army; (9) Walpole on his knees kissing the bare backside of Cardinal Fleury; (10) the "Mansion House" of the Constitution runs to ruin while (11) Walpole builds the splendid Houghton Hall for himself; (12) with the treaties of Hanover and Seville he inhibits the cause of Maria Theresa to the benefit of France and Spain; (13) "Spanish Depredeantions" of timber and cattle apparently in the Caribbean; (14) the export of "Wool to France"; (15) "Negotiations" with France and Spain in which Walpole frivolously blows bubbles, giving up all demands; (16) the Convention of the Pardo of 1738 which was condemned as making concessions to Spain; (17) the under-resourced War of Jenkins' Ear against Spain; (18) the "Spithead Expedition" of 1740 when the fleet was prevented from leaving port, allegedly by contrary orders rather than by unfavourable winds; (19) "His Flight", i.e. his resignation in February 1742, shown as a colossus cut in two and falling to earth while Walpole throws gold dust in the eyes of pursuers; (20) Walpole's "Trial", then in progress, before a committee of Parliament investigating aspects of his record in office shown here as resulting in his execution and the exposure of his severed head in the manner of a traitor. On either side of the screen large windows reveal a night sky in which, seen on the left, three men fly on a broomstick towards the moon; on the right, four others identify one of them as Walpole, one exclaiming "It must be the Comet", his neighbour, holding a telescope, "No! by Jove, tis Robin Goodfellow from R[i]chm[on]d", the third, "I wish the Telescope was a Gun". The Devil, smiling, peers from behind the screen muttering, "Hah! I shall have business here again." as he observes Walpole advising the king and his supporters, all wearing sashes. The king, sitting by a table on which burn two candles, asks, "What is to be done", to which Walpole replies, "Mix and divide them"; a gentleman responds, "tis good advice", another whose pockets are bulging, says, "I can keep up my Britches no longer"; another remarks, "this was an unlucky Change", to which a bishop replies, ""Yes - but I can change too". the Duke of Argyll and another gentleman approach from the left, the latter asks, "What think you?" to which Argyll replies, "I'll throw up tomorrow", referring to his impending resignation.Engraved inscriptions and title, and with letterpress text below in four columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Relapse
Description:
Title from item., 'Price 6 pence'--Lower right corner of plate., Letterpress broadside with etching at top of sheet (plate mark 21 x 35 cm). Letterpress overlaps the lower plate line., Four columns of text entitled "Explanation of the screen": 1. He is sent to gaol for selling oats and hay out of his Lady's stables. Getting at liberty again, he transforms himself ..., Cf. No. 2559 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 33 x 48 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 12, 1742, by J. Huggonson, in Sword-and-Buckler Court, on Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Quotation below title: He hath swallowed down riches and he shall vomit them up again ..., Temporary local subject terms: Bible: quotation from Job xx.15 -- Elections: Westminster election, 1742 -- Elections: Chippenham election, 1742 -- Medical: vominting -- Medical implements: drenching horn., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 32 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673?-1743, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lee, George, Sir, 1700-1758, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Smalbroke, Richard, 1672-1749, Thomas, John, 1691-1766, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
"Satire on the ambitions of European powers ranged against Maria Theresa in the early stages of the War of Austrian Succession, and on Robert Walpole's preoccupation with his own precarious position as well as his lack of support for Austria; an adaptation of British Museum Satires No. 2463. The ships at sea in the foreground of the earlier state have been replaced by the naked figure of Maria Theresa (then Queen of Hungary) sitting on a chair, one leg having been amputated and replaced by a wooden stump; a cloth around her hips is lettered, "Hungary & Lindtz". Her clothing has been pulled off by her enemies: Frederick the Great of Prussia pins down her cap, labelled "Silesia", with his halberd; the figure on the ground, previously identified as Theodore of Corsica holds her necklace labelled "Buta" [Buda]; the King of Spain holds a string by which he has pulled off her shift, labelled, "Just Rights"; the word "Doteingness" has been removed from Cardinal Fleury's walking frame and a string attached to his wrist has pulled off the Queen's petticoat, labelled "Austria/Netherlands" which she tries to hold on to; Walpole's paper is now lettered, "Place Bill", he now says "King LOGG listen to the Cardinal" a label at his feet reads, "If I get off now thanks to ye Priest Successor of Richlieu", and his string is now attached to the foot of the City of London alderman, whose label "Sturdy Beggar" has been removed; the Dutchman holds a string to which is attached the Queen's tippet labelled "Munich"(?) and he now says, "But We Design to be on our Guard & remain neuter"; the labels "Bohemia" and "Grand Duke" have been removed from two figures in the background; The figure formerly identified as Austria is now "Bohemia" and holds a string pulling the Queen's robe which is labelled "Prague", "Sultzback" and "Breslau". The verses below have been erased and replaced by twelve stanzas. The lettering is otherwise unchanged."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen of Hungary stript
Description:
Title from item., Also attributed to George Bickam the Younger., Bickham's name and date burnished from plate and replaced with that of Richardson's, along with alterations to design. See British Museum catalogue nos. 2463 and 2512., Image enclosed within decorative scroll., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: Who are all these that look so fine-a 'Tis P-----a, R----a, F----e, H-L---d and Spine-a ..., and Temporary local subject terms: War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748: stripping of the Hungarian Empire -- Birds: goose -- Go-carts -- Male dress: royal robes -- Female dress: royal robes -- Furniture: chair.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756
Subject (Topic):
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Geese, Clergy, and Seesaws
Monseirs pounded in Prague and Monsieurs pounded in Prague
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Prague (Czech Republic)
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Lobkowicz, Ferdinand-Marie, prince de, 1726-1795, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio, 1698-1780, Broglie, Victor François, Duc de, 1718-1804, and Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747
Subject (Topic):
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748 and Campaigns
Monseirs pounded in Prague and Monsieurs pounded in Prague
Description:
Title from item. and Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Prague (Czech Republic)
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Lobkowicz, Ferdinand-Marie, prince de, 1726-1795, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio, 1698-1780, Broglie, Victor François, Duc de, 1718-1804, and Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747
Subject (Topic):
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748 and Campaigns
"Satire on the ambitions of European powers ranged against Maria Theresa; her clothing has been pulled off by her enemies. Frederick the Great lunges across her sofa groping under her shift and saying, 'I must have ye low Countries'; she responds, 'what will you leave me nothing', while Cardinal Fleury, crouching to the right, says 'let me handle this'. The King of Spain, slips out of a door to right, holding Maria Theresa's stays and sceptre, saying, 'do as you will now'. On the left, the Elector of Bavaria, placing a coronet on his head, holds up a stocking, 'I'm for ye Stocking'. George II sits to the left of the sofa, ignoring the proceedings, holding a paper saying, 'I have signd ye Neutrality' while Robert Walpole, in the shadows behind, says, 'damn ye house of Aust[ria]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Temporary local subject terms: War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748: stripping of the Hungarian Empire -- Birds: goose -- Go-carts -- Male dress: royal robes -- Female dress: royal robes -- See-saw -- Clergy -- Furniture: chair., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Sir Robert Walpole as Punch -- Wool trade -- The Earl of Islay., Mounted to 33 x 48 cm., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Keene, Benjamin, Sir, 1697-1757, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Sir Robert Walpole as Punch -- Wool trade -- The Earl of Islay., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Keene, Benjamin, Sir, 1697-1757, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
"Satire on Robert Walpole and his continuing influence on government after his fall from power. A large folding screen in the centre stands open showing events from Walpole's career: the South Sea Bubble, the treaties of Hanover and Seville, the "Bank contract" of 1720, Admiral Hosier's expedition to Cartagena, the Excise Scheme (depicted as BM Satires 1918), the War of Jenkins' Ear, the Convention of the Pardo, the English ships held in the port of San Sebastian in 1740 (see BM Satires 2418 and 2440), and a general reference to "Bribery, &c.". A mirror on the left reveal that Walpole is standing behind the screen pulling strings that operate members of parliament assembled in the chamber shown below. Above the screen is a separate scene showing the reconciliation between George II and Frederick, Prince of Wales, early in 1742. To the right stands the Duke of Argyll in Garter robes resting against a lectern and pointing to Wapole's misdeeds as portrayed on the screen; above Argyll's head hangs a picture of Diogenes holding his lamp and a portrait of the "honest man" he sought; beside Argyll is lettered, "Glorious and Brave to shake Corruption's Seat, But much more Glorious is thy brave Retreat". Two columns of letterpress verse below warn "William", i.e. Pulteney, that Walpole continues to influence governement."
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below image., The title from the caption above the image on the plate: A new screen for an old one, or, The screen of screens., "Price 6p.", Imprint on plate below design., Letterpress broadside poem illustrated with an etching in upper part of the sheet (plate mark 17.3 x 17.2 cm.). The title from the caption above the image on the plate: A new screen for an old one, or, The screen of screens., Two lines of verse engraved vertically on the right of plate: Glorious and brave to shake corruption's seat, but much more glorious is thy brave retreat., Twenty six lines of verse in two columns below the plate, in letterpress: Dear William, did'st thou never go, to mimic farce, call'd Puppet-Shew? ... Lond. Evening Post, Mar. 11, 1741-2., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 35 x 42 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by T.B.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Diogenes, -approximately 323 B.C.
