print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.3807
Title: Object: The Noble Game of Bob Cherry
Description: A copy of The Noble Game of Bob Cherry (BM Satires 2851) with notable changes. The scene is again the Crown public house by St. James’s Palace, however now Sir John Hynde Cotton stands on the left watching the scene, while William Pitt stands smiling behind the vomiting Lord Granville and Robert Walpole stands behind Lord Bath laughing at the scene. Winchelsea, Willes and Chesterfield are in the same positions, though Willes still aiming for “High Chancellor” now holds a ribbon lettered “Regiment” and his sword is lettered, “Disbanded”; there is no longer a group of politicians on the right though Pelham and Newcastle are still there and behind them an unidentified man from whose coat hangs a key. Etching
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Production date: 1746 (circa)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 177 millimetres (image); Height: 191 millimetres; Width: 299 millimetres (image); Width: 316 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Walpole died on 18th March 1745, so he may be represented posthumously. His image is copied from The Funeral of Faction, 1741 (BM Satires 2487) after Gravelot.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville; Representation of: Sir John Hynde Cotton; Representation of: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; Representation of: Henry Pelham; Representation of: William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham; Representation of: Sir John Willes; Representation of: Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd Earl of Nottingham; Representation of: Robert Walpole
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London (St James's Palace)
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Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.3807

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