Interior of the House of Commons; the Speaker Arthur Onslow seated to the left of center, speaking with Sir Robert Walpole on his left; to his right seated with pen and ink and open book is Edward Stables, the Clerk of the House of Commons; other figures from the administration portrayed behind central figures, all wearing wigs and hats, including Sydney Godolphin, Sir Joseph Jekyl, Colonel Onslow, Sir James Thornhill, and Mr Aiskew; just visible to the left of the Speaker are Sir Thomas Cotton and Sir William Wyndham
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Plate from: The complete works of William Hogarth. London : The London Printing and Publishing Company, [1876?], opposite p. 188.
Publisher:
London Printing and Publishing Company
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712,, Jekyll, Joseph, Sir, 1663-1738,, Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768,, Onslow, George Onslow, Earl of, 1731-1814,, Stables, Edward,, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,, Wyndham, William, 1687-1740,, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Members of Parliament.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Legislative bodies, and Legislators
"Portrait of Sarah Siddons, after Gainsborough; three-quarters length sitting directed and looking to left, wearing a striped gown and large feathered hat, set at an angle, her hands on a fur muff in her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0509.124.
