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Subject(s)

• Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century [Browse]
• Caricature [Browse]
• Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Great Britain—Kings and rulers—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Saint James's Palace (London, England)—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Dorset, Charles Sackville, Duke of, 1711-1769—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Furnese, Henry—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Knights and knighthood—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Lambeth Palace (London, England)—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]

Notes

• Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
• Medium: Etchings
• Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Politicians lined up on city street in front of St. James's Palace, receiving Stars and Garters from George II, who delivers them from a palace window. Caricature on opposition to Walpole.
• Unsigned.

Source acquisition

Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.

References

British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 2535 (gives date as 1742/02/--).

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