A kitchen in which Sir Watkin Williams Wynn MP is rotated on a spit before a fire. Engraving, 1745.
- Date:
- [March 1745]
- Reference:
- 575567i
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A man tends the fire with a large poker out of which pour the following words: 'place and pention, Hannover troops, excise, men no votes, army reduced, votes of credit, supplies grants'. Two men to the right turn the spit. Far left a servant displays the menu. Three more spits hang above the fireplace with inscriptions. The 'knight' being roasted is Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, a new member of parliament who supported the 'broad bottom' administration of 1744 which had disappointed the nation
Publication/Creation
[London?] : [s.n], [March 1745]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; platemark 20.1 x 32.6 cm
Lettering
A Welch k-t, roasted and baisted
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, Vol III, London 1978, no. 2630
Reference
Wellcome Collection 575567i
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