print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3723
- Title
- Object: A new state picture | The antcraftsman unmask'd
- Description
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A version of BM Satires 2538 showing Robert Walpole as a hypocrite, half-length, in long wig and with a grotesque sneering expression; a mask of a guileless face removed and held in his left hand is lettered; oval frame, lettered "The Ant[i] Crarftsman Unmask'd" and with a biblical quotation, in a rectangle. Letterpress, above "A New State Picture/Do not me Wrong, but take me Right,/P[ul]t[ne]y at length, will R[o]b[i]n bite." and beneath, "Ha ha ha! poor Caleb!" and two columns of verse accusing Walpole of corruption and condemning his reluctance to pursue war with France and Spain.
Woodcut with letterpress
- Production date
- 1736
- Dimensions
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Height: 311 millimetres
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Width: 195 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For dating and further information, see BMSat 2538.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3723
