The differance of Times, between those Times, and there Times.Britannia's Isle, like Fortune's Wheel, In Politicks does daily reel...
[n.d., c.1739.]
Engraving. Sheet: 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed, folds and laid on album sheet.
A satirical broadside which comments on Robert Walpole's reluctance to go to war in the 1730s. It is a print of a medal struck during the rule of Oliver Cromwell which commented on France and Spain's subservience to him, however in this print Cardinal Fleury of France replaces Cromwell and the Dutch ambassador and Walpole replace the Spanish and the French ambassadors. Fleurey, resting his head in the lap of Britannia presents his bare behind while Walpole and the Dutch Ambassador debate who has to kiss it first.
[Ref: 42691] £280.00
Engraving. Sheet: 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed, folds and laid on album sheet.
A satirical broadside which comments on Robert Walpole's reluctance to go to war in the 1730s. It is a print of a medal struck during the rule of Oliver Cromwell which commented on France and Spain's subservience to him, however in this print Cardinal Fleury of France replaces Cromwell and the Dutch ambassador and Walpole replace the Spanish and the French ambassadors. Fleurey, resting his head in the lap of Britannia presents his bare behind while Walpole and the Dutch Ambassador debate who has to kiss it first.
[Ref: 42691] £280.00