print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.3682
Title: Object: The Promotion
Description: Satire on the former members of the Opposition who took power at the fall of Walpole. The members, each with a ribbon at his feet indicating his title, place or post, are lined up preparing to receive honours offered by George II who, wearing full armour, leans out of an upper window of St James's Palace at right; Walpole stands in the foreground, to right, saying, "Behold the Aim Of Opposition". First in line is Secretary of State Carteret holding the Treaty of Worms, followed by Pulteney, Earl of Bath; then, Winchilsea, Lord of the Admiralty wearing thick spectacles; Sir William Yonge, Cofferer; Allan, Lord Bathurst, Captain of the Band of Pensioners; William Finch, Vice Chamberlain; the Duke of Dorset, Lord Steward to the Palace; then the King's Remembrancer, probably William Steuart, King's Remembrancer for Scotland (it is unlikely to be a reference to the elderly Samuel Masham); Sir Jacob Ackworth, Surveyor to the Navy; Lord Wilmington, Lord of the Treasury; Vice Treasurer of Ireland (either Henry Vane or Pattee Byng who held the office jointly); and, Henry Furnese, Secretary to the Treasury (it is unlikely to be a reference to the elderly John Scrope, also Secretary to the Treasurer, who was a supporter of Walpole); behind Finch stand "His 2 Brothers" (Edward and Henry, respectively Groom of the Bedchamber and Receiver general of revenues of Minorca). On the left, John Hynde Cotton and Lyttelton look out of the window of an inn with a bunch of grapes hanging from its sign, they remark, "Very! Very! Very! Honest Men Indeed." and "Ah! I remember the Motion". Etching
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Production date: 1742
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Dimensions: Height: 180 millimetres (image); Height: 195 millimetres (trimmed?); Width: 314 millimetres (trimmed to image)
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Curator's comments: Attributed to Bickham on stylistic grounds.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; politics
Associated names: Representation of: George II, King of Great Britain; Representation of: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Representation of: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville; Representation of: William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath; Representation of: Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd Earl of Nottingham; Representation of: Sir William Yonge; Representation of: Allen, 1st Earl Bathurst; Representation of: William Finch; Representation of: Edward Finch; Representation of: Henry Finch; Representation of: Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset; Representation of: William Steuart; Representation of: Samuel Masham (?); Representation of: Sir Jacob Acworth; Representation of: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington; Representation of: Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington (?); Representation of: Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Byng (?); Representation of: Henry Furnese; Representation of: John Scrope; Representation of: Sir John Hynde Cotton; Representation of: George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
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Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.3682

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