Politicians from the Opposition proceed down Whitehall to remove Sir Robert Walpole from office. Etching by F. W. Fairholt, 1848.

  • Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866.
Date:
1848
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39960i
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"Satire on opposition tactics in the parliamentary motion to remove Robert Walpole from office showing a coach drawn by six horses moving at speed along Whitehall past the Banqueting House towards the Treasury and the Holbein gate, and running down several men; based on BM Satires 2479. The postillion on the leading horse is identified as Lord Chesterfield; the coach is driven by the Duke of Argyll, wearing a Scotch bonnet and carrying a flaming sword, between whose legs sits a spotted dog with the word "Bubb" lettered on its collar, i.e., Bubb Doddington; Lord Carteret leans out of the coach shouting to the driver, "Let me get out"; the footman standing behind is Lord Cobham; George Lyttelton rides up behind. The Bishop of Lichfield accompanied by a hog, bows to the coach; Samuel Sandys stands beside a street lamp, dropping the "Place Bill" and throwing up his hands, crying, "I thought what would come of putting him on the Box". To the left, Lord Pulteney, leading his supporters by the nose, and followed by a group of children, pushes a wheelbarrow laden with oppositiion newspapers, dice and a dice box resting on them. The roadway is lined with bollards and there are sentry boxes at intervals. Letterpress verses beneath in three columns; second state after the addition of "Whitehall" and "Treasury". 1741"—British Museum catalogue, loc. cit.

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London : Richard Bentley, 1848.

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 9.8 x 17 cm

Lettering

The motion. F. W. Fairholt, F.S.A. sc. Further lettering within the print

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, no. 2479 (the 1741 version)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39960i

Reproduction note

After an engraving published by Thomas Cooper in 1741

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