"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 ride...
Alternative Title:
Motley team of state
Description:
Title from item.
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 ride...
Alternative Title:
Motley team of state
Description:
Title from item.
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
"Illustration to a lampoon on the Gunning scandal. A series of portraits following [1] a letter directed to 'His Grace the D. . . of' [Marlborough, see BMSat 7980], beneath which is inscribed: 'This is the Note that Nobody wrote!' [2] A groom (three-q...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 2, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Gunning, Mrs. 1740?-1800 (Susannah),, Gunning, John, -1797, Gunning, Miss (Elizabeth), 1769-1823, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, and Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840
Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, 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...
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below image.
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.
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
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
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 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 soldi...
Alternative Title:
Relapse
Description:
Title from item.
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
