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print; fan; satirical print

Object Type: print; fan; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.3647
Title: Object: The Motion
Description: Unmounted fan-leaf with a satire on the parliamentary motion to remove Robert Walpole from office showing a coach drawn by six horses moving along Whitehall, a version of BM Satires 2479, the only substantial differences being the addition of two more hogs beside the Bishop of Lichfield and the removal of the verses beneath the etching to the righ-hand part of the scene thus obscuring the building on that side. 1741 Etching
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Production date: 1741
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Dimensions: Height: 133 millimetres (approx); Width: 437 millimetres (approx)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Schreiber / Catalogue of the collection of fans and fan-leaves presented to the British Museum by Lady Charlotte Schreiber (23 unmounted); Schreiber English / Fans and Fan-Leaves - English, collected and described by Lady Charlotte Schreiber (10); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2480)
Location: Not on display
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Associated names: Associated with: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Representation of: William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath; Representation of: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
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Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.3647