A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.

Date:
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1737
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12161i
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On the pedestal are the words "Una eurusq, notusq; ruunt creberq; procellis Africus"; the magician bears the legend "Auri sancra fames" and the priestess injects "Aurum potable". Behind the priestess is the lame Bishop Hoadly and balancing scales on the left is Horace Walpole (brother of Sir Robert and known as the 'Balance-Master of Europe') Attendants bearing urns deposit them at the feet of the idol; the room is filled by peers bearing the 'Golden Rump' emblem, which also embelishes the canopy above them

Publication/Creation

[London], Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1737.

Physical description

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 18.5 x 24.8 cm

Lettering

The festival of the golden rump. Rumpatur, quisquis rumpitur invidiâ. Designed by the author of common sense.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. III pt. 1, London 1877, no. 2327

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Wellcome Collection 12161i

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