"Satire on the duel between Horatio Walpole and William Richard Chetwynd showing the point where they are separated by a clerk. Walpole, on the right, accuses his opponent, "Would you not have hang'd my Brother at ye door of ye House", to which Chetwynd, falling back, his wig and hat slipping off, replies, "Yes by G[o]d & I had another Vote for You". On the left stands gowned gentleman in full-bottom wig, crying "Hold! Hold! I'll give you a dinner & make it up" (this man is identified by Stephens as Lord Hardwicke, but may well be intended for Speaker Onslow). On the right, two butchers encourage the duel, one saying, "Let 'um fight & be damnd" and the other, "No, No, he voted us Gin"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication advertised in London Daily Post, 14 March 1743. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Twelve lines of verse in two columns below image: Tow [i.e., two] worthy heroes of immortal fame, all in [the] passion to [the] combat came ..., Pipes's Ground, part of Westminster (London)., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Chetwynd, William Richard Chetwynd, Viscount, ?1683-1770, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768
"Satire on the duel between Horatio Walpole and William Richard Chetwynd showing the point where they are separated by a clerk. Walpole, on the right, accuses his opponent, "Would you not have hang'd my Brother at ye door of ye House", to which Chetwynd, falling back, his wig and hat slipping off, replies, "Yes by G[o]d & I had another Vote for You". On the left stands gowned gentleman in full-bottom wig, crying "Hold! Hold! I'll give you a dinner & make it up" (this man is identified by Stephens as Lord Hardwicke, but may well be intended for Speaker Onslow). On the right, two butchers encourage the duel, one saying, "Let 'um fight & be damnd" and the other, "No, No, he voted us Gin"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication advertised in London Daily Post, 14 March 1743. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Twelve lines of verse in two columns below image: Tow [i.e., two] worthy heroes of immortal fame, all in [the] passion to [the] combat came ..., Pipes's Ground, part of Westminster (London)., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Chetwynd, William Richard Chetwynd, Viscount, ?1683-1770, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Behold a group with courage, strength & skill, / Broughton's New Amphitheater to fill ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Treasury -- John Ellys.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Duke of, 1682-1761, Chetwynd, William Richard Chetwynd, Viscount, ?1683-1770, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, and Broughton, Jack, 1704-1789.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Behold a group with courage, strength & skill, / Broughton's New Amphitheater to fill ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Treasury -- John Ellys., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Duke of, 1682-1761, Chetwynd, William Richard Chetwynd, Viscount, ?1683-1770, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, and Broughton, Jack, 1704-1789.
"Satire on George II and Robert Walpole, based on a "Visio"n described in "Commonsense, or the Englishman's Journal", 19 March 1737. The king is represented as a satyr, seen from the rear, standing on an altar kicking his left leg and breaking wind; Queen Caroline, as a priestess wearing a bell on her wrist, approaches from the right to administer an enema of "Aurum potabile" (a flavoured brandy); Bishop Hoadly stands behind her followed by men carrying on their heads vessels of gold, several of which have been deposited at the foot of the altar, square pieces of gold having spilled from one. On the left; Robert Walpole dressed as the Chief Magician, dressed in a coat embroidered with dragons and the words "Auri Sacra fames" and carrying a rod, looks up at the satyr; behind him is a procession of couriters with the insignia of the golden rump embroidered on their shoulders; in the foreground Walpole's brother Horatio Walpole holds out a pair of scales, an allusion to his concern to preserve the balance of power in Europe which earned him the nickname, the "Balance Master". A curtain hanging across the top is embroidered with golden rumps."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Printmaker identified as Gerard Van der Gucht by Mark Hallett in Caricature in the age of Hogarth, see p. 137., Design on which this print is based, was attributed to the Earl of Chesterfield by the curator., "Price 1s."--Lower right corner., and Several subjects identified in a later hand below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
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, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761, Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, and Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bribery, Corruption, Medical procedures & techniques, and Theaters
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 7, 1741.
Call Number:
741.03.07.02.3+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Robert Walpole, showing the grounds for the Motion to remove him from office. In the foreground an extravagantly dressed young woman, representing bribery and corruption, distributes lucrative offices to the clergy, judges, army officers and members of parliament all of whom wear yokes about their necks and profess their loyalty to her and to Walpole's policies including, in the case of the politicians, a general Excise. At her feet is a pile of money bags, a coronets, orb and sceptre, bank bills and pensions. In the background Walpole rides on a waggon in the form of a large money chest labelled "for the [blank]/For Secret Services/For ye Projector/for Friends and Assistants"; its wheels are labelled "Expence of Law &c./Penal Laws/G[i]n A[c]t/Debts/Civel List/Taxes" crush men representing "Manufactures/Trade/Honesty/Liberty"; penants attached to the waggon name taxes levied under Walpole's ministry, "Malt Ale/Tobacco Wine/Leather/Gin/Stamp/Land Tax/Candles/Soap/Salt/Coals". Walpole himself, lettered, "Volpone the Projector", stands on top of the waggon saying "Whoever flinches I'll discard"; he slices open an infant ("Sinking Fund") with a sword so that coins from its belly fall into the money chest, at the same time he blows French and Spanish ships out of Brest and Ferol into the Atlantic to frustrate Admiral Vernon's efforts in the Caribbean, while breaking wind that holds British ships in Torbay; a devil flying above, observes, "this wind is strong agt. them). The waggon is driven by "Volpone Junior" (Robert, Baron Walpole) and drawn by six yoked placemen, while the "Balance Master" (Horatio Walpole) sits on the back exclaiming, "Lawful plunder". Bishop Herring (labelled "Salty") follows the waggon acting as a recruiting officer holding a spear and encouraging, "All B[isho]ps, P[ee]rs, C[ommon]ers or others, willing to List in Projectrs Service. repair thither & meet with suitable Encouragemt."; a pamphlet of 1740, "Letter to a Member [of Parliament concerning the present state of affairs at home and abroad]" protrudes from his pocket; he is accompanied by two journalists, "Freeman" (Raphael Courteville) playing the drum and "Sidney" blowing the horn each has a copy of the "Gazeteer" in his pocket."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication line printed in letterpress at bottom of sheet., "Sold at the print and pamplet-shops of London and Westminster"--Preceding publication line., "(Price four-pence)"--Following publication line., Three columns of verse in letterpress below image, the first of fifteen numbered stanzas beginning: I. Vat be dat machine do make de Folk groan-é? It be de invention of de old Fox Volponé ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Herring, Thomas, 1693-1757, and Courteville, Raphael, -1772
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Misconduct in office, Politics and government, Clergy, Corruption, Lawyers, and Politcians
"Satirical ballad on the unwillingness of the British government to go to war with Spain with a woodcut illustration derived from British Museum Satires No. 2355 showing Robert Walpole holding the tail of the British Lion which holds a staff topped by a crown. The lion is apparently attempting to lunge at a Spaniard holding a whip who has harnessed three English sailors to a cart."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Negotiators, or, Don Diego brought to reason and Don Diego brought to reason
Description:
Title and publication information from British Museum catalogue., Mounted on leaf 73. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
R. Thompson
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757
Subject (Topic):
Whips, Carts & wagons, Lions, Sailors, and Staffs (Sticks)
