Accession number
PML 145850.127
Published
[London : Printed for S. Clements, 1730?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item; date of publication suggested by Stephens.
Etched frontispiece illustration from an undated pamphlet probably occasioned by the King having struck the name of Mr. Pulteney out of the list of privy councillors on July 1, 1731, entitled, An epistle from a merchant's clerk to his master, on his being discharg'd the compting-house (London : Printed for S. Clements, 1730?); the etched frontispiece later published separately with added title, "Three courtiers" and with three of the figures labeled, "The thriving courtier" (Walpole), "The slighted courtier" (Pulteney), and "The honest courtier" (a possible reference to Lord Hervey). Cf. Stephens.
Mounted as item 127 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Etched frontispiece illustration from an undated pamphlet probably occasioned by the King having struck the name of Mr. Pulteney out of the list of privy councillors on July 1, 1731, entitled, An epistle from a merchant's clerk to his master, on his being discharg'd the compting-house (London : Printed for S. Clements, 1730?); the etched frontispiece later published separately with added title, "Three courtiers" and with three of the figures labeled, "The thriving courtier" (Walpole), "The slighted courtier" (Pulteney), and "The honest courtier" (a possible reference to Lord Hervey). Cf. Stephens.
Mounted as item 127 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Description
1 print : etchings ; image: 170 x 113 mm; plate mark: 190 x 124 mm; sheet: 197 x 132 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the interior of a handsome room, with the king seated on his throne and under a canopy of state. "The Thriving Courtier", Sir R. Walpole, addresses the king and, holding a paper marked " Craftsman", in his hand, appears to be condemning "The Slighted Courtier", Mr. Pulteney, who, snapping his fingers at the other, turns away. "The Honest Courtier" stands behind, holding a long wand, that of Chamberlain (?) and a book.
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