File:The treacherous patriot unmask'd. (BM 1874,0808.2026).jpg
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Title |
The treacherous patriot unmask'd. |
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Description |
English: Satire on Robert Walpole shown as a hypocrite, half-length with a grotesque sneering expression; his mask of a guileless face removed and held in his left hand is lettered 'This is the mask he wore 'till the memorable 12th. of March'; oval frame, lettered with title and a biblical quotation, in rectangle; beneath is lettered, "You are all Bit, Ha ha ha!" and 12 lines of verse with a reference to the "Dissenter's Address" .
Mezzotint with engraved lettering |
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Depicted people | Representation of: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1736 date QS:P571,+1736-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1874,0808.2026 |
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Notes |
The print was advertised at 6d in the London Evening Post on 18 March 1736 and The Craftsman on 27 March 1736. The reference to 12 March is to Walter Plumer’s motion for the repeal of the Test Act on that day, which Walpole opposed and defeated after many apologies to his former allies the Dissenters, to the delight of the Tory journalists (information from Tim Clayton, December 2017). Stephens identified the politician as William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, and dates it to 1742, however Pulteney, who had led the opposition, did not take advantage of Walpole's fall and merely took a seat in Cabinet council without office. It has also been suggested that the subject might be Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, who fled the country to join the Old Pretender's cause in March 1715; "We know not of your Majesties having among us an open, a secret or suspected enemy" is a quotation from the Address of the Dissenting Ministers on 4 March 1717 expressing their loyalty to George I. See also BMSat 2557 and 2558. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1874-0808-2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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