print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3848
- Title
- Object: For Lambeth
- Description
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A satire on the ambitions of Anglican bishops to become Archbishop of Canterbury following the death of Archbishop Potter, showing two bishops in canonical dress rowing across the Thames towards Lambeth Palace on the far bank, these two are probably intended for Matthias Mawson and Benjamin Hoadley. A third contestant, either Thomas Sherlock or Edmund Gibson, has given up the race, thrown away his oars and sits with his arms folded saying “Damn my Scull” (both declined the appointment). In the background another bishop, also in canonical dress stands on top of Morton’s tower at the gateway of the Palace pointing towards the parish church of St Mary next to the palace or perhaps the road beyond, suggesting that this is Thomas Herring who succeeded as Archbishop. 1747
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1747 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 172 millimetres (image)
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Height: 187 millimetres (trimmed?)
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Width: 252 millimetres (image)
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Width: 255 millimetres (trimmed?)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- BM Satires 2869-2873 referring to the succession to Archbishop Potter in 1747 all derive from BM Satires 2868 published in 1731 concerning the succession to Archbishop Wake.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3848