print; broadside; satirical print

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print; broadside; satirical print

Object Type: print; broadside; satirical print
Museum number: J,1.76
Title: Object: To Caleb D'Anvers, Esq.
Description: A broadside satirising Robert Walpole using the plate described as 1868,0808.3536 from which the lower part of the plinth with producer names and the dedicatory lettering have been removed or masked out; letterpress on either side addressed "To Caleb D'Anvers, Esq." and dated "June 11th, 1730" providing a satiric comment on the etching. 1730 Etching with engraved lettering and letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: Paul Fourdrinier (prior alterations); After: F Dumouchel (prior alterations); After: J Faget (prior alterations)
School/style
Production date: 1730
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 435 millimetres (engraving); Height: 435 millimetres (printed area); Width: 338 millimetres (engraving); Width: 528 millimetres (printed area)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The plate was originally printed in Walpole's honour; here it has been re-worked to change its message. See BM Satires for a list of the changes. The letterpress purports to be a letter from Walpole to Caleb d'Anvers, a general pseudonym then in use by contributors to the periodical "The craftsman" (cf BM Satires 1844). For a later version, see BM1868-8-8-3667 (dated 1741).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Associated with: Nicholas Amhurst
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,1.76

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