- Published / Created:
- [March 1722?]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 75K(d) Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the general election of 1722 showing a grand room with two long windows and a pier glass between; to the left of this is a screen with seven folds. On the right three men, one holding a staff of office, can be discerned behind the screen reflected in the glass. From the left side of the screen an electoral candidate walks towards a voter grasping him by his right hand and with his left slipping a purse into the man's pocket. The voter is identified in the verses as a member of a corporation in a borough where only such members could vote; his leg is shackled by a chain. His wife listens to a clergyman who stands in a doorway assuring her "bribery no sin". The devil hovers over the candidate touching the voter on the shoulder and holding a blank scroll. Two boys in the foreground point to the transaction, one holding a wooden shoe, symbol of the oppressive French regime. The screen itself is adorned with little stars, at the top the years 1715-1722 are marked on the seven folds and the names of various acts passed by the previous government, "Quarantine Act .../South Sea Act/Act to indemnify S.S. V[illai]ns/Part of ye Succession Act repeal'd/Septennial Act".--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Election carried by bribery and the devil
- Description:
- Title from caption in ribbon above image., Questionable attribution to Hogarth in unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four stanzas of verse below image: Here's a minion sent down to a corporate town, in hopes to be newly elected ... That betrays the whole kingdom to slav'ry.", and Imperfect impression: sheet trimmed to 162 x 175 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- South Sea Company. and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The prevailing candidate, or, The election carried by Bribery and the Devil [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [March 1722?]
- Call Number:
- 722.03.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the general election of 1722 showing a grand room with two long windows and a pier glass between; to the left of this is a screen with seven folds. On the right three men, one holding a staff of office, can be discerned behind the screen reflected in the glass. From the left side of the screen an electoral candidate walks towards a voter grasping him by his right hand and with his left slipping a purse into the man's pocket. The voter is identified in the verses as a member of a corporation in a borough where only such members could vote; his leg is shackled by a chain. His wife listens to a clergyman who stands in a doorway assuring her "bribery no sin". The devil hovers over the candidate touching the voter on the shoulder and holding a blank scroll. Two boys in the foreground point to the transaction, one holding a wooden shoe, symbol of the oppressive French regime. The screen itself is adorned with little stars, at the top the years 1715-1722 are marked on the seven folds and the names of various acts passed by the previous government, "Quarantine Act .../South Sea Act/Act to indemnify S.S. V[illai]ns/Part of ye Succession Act repeal'd/Septennial Act".--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Election carried by bribery and the devil
- Description:
- Title from caption in ribbon above image., Questionable attribution to Hogarth in unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four stanzas of verse below image: Here's a minion sent down to a corporate town, in hopes to be newly elected ... That betrays the whole kingdom to slav'ry.", Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 33 x 44 cm., and Dated '1722' in unknown contemporary hand after title.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- South Sea Company. and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The prevailing candidate, or, The election carried by Bribery and the Devil [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- March 18, 1741/2.
- Call Number:
- 742.03.18.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Robert Walpole and his continuing influence on government after his fall from power. A large folding screen in the centre stands open showing events from Walpole's career: the South Sea Bubble, the treaties of Hanover and Seville, the "Bank contract" of 1720, Admiral Hosier's expedition to Cartagena, the Excise Scheme (depicted as BM Satires 1918), the War of Jenkins' Ear, the Convention of the Pardo, the English ships held in the port of San Sebastian in 1740 (see BM Satires 2418 and 2440), and a general reference to "Bribery, &c.". A mirror on the left reveal that Walpole is standing behind the screen pulling strings that operate members of parliament assembled in the chamber shown below. Above the screen is a separate scene showing the reconciliation between George II and Frederick, Prince of Wales, early in 1742. To the right stands the Duke of Argyll in Garter robes resting against a lectern and pointing to Wapole's misdeeds as portrayed on the screen; above Argyll's head hangs a picture of Diogenes holding his lamp and a portrait of the "honest man" he sought; beside Argyll is lettered, "Glorious and Brave to shake Corruption's Seat, But much more Glorious is thy brave Retreat". Two columns of letterpress verse below warn "William", i.e. Pulteney, that Walpole continues to influence governement."
- Description:
- Caption title in letterpress below image., The title from the caption above the image on the plate: A new screen for an old one, or, The screen of screens., "Price 6p.", Imprint on plate below design., Letterpress broadside poem illustrated with an etching in upper part of the sheet (plate mark 17.3 x 17.2 cm.). The title from the caption above the image on the plate: A new screen for an old one, or, The screen of screens., Two lines of verse engraved vertically on the right of plate: Glorious and brave to shake corruption's seat, but much more glorious is thy brave retreat., Twenty six lines of verse in two columns below the plate, in letterpress: Dear William, did'st thou never go, to mimic farce, call'd Puppet-Shew? ... Lond. Evening Post, Mar. 11, 1741-2., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 35 x 42 cm., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament by T.B.
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Diogenes, -approximately 323 B.C.
- Subject (Topic):
- Pardo, Treaty of, 1739, Mirrors, and Ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The screen : a simile