England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . Bedford and other opposition peers;but the victory of the court party w^as here as com-plete as in the other House. The opposition shrunk back confused and morti-fied ; and Walpoles friends and supporters set nobounds to their exultation. Within a few days ap-peared a print entitled The Motion, of which acopy is given in the accompanying plate. It wasone of the most spirited, and became one of the mostcelebrated, caricatures of the day. The backgroundrepresents Whitehall, the Treasury, and t
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . Bedford and other opposition peers;but the victory of the court party w^as here as com-plete as in the other House. The opposition shrunk back confused and morti-fied ; and Walpoles friends and supporters set nobounds to their exultation. Within a few days ap-peared a print entitled The Motion, of which acopy is given in the accompanying plate. It wasone of the most spirited, and became one of the mostcelebrated, caricatures of the day. The backgroundrepresents Whitehall, the Treasury, and the adjoiningbuildings, as they then stood. Lord Carteret, in thecoach, is driven towards the Treasury by the Duke ofArgyle as coachman, with the Earl of Chesterfield aspostilion, who, in their haste, are overturning thevehicle; and Lord Carteret cries Let me get out!The Duke brandishes a wavy sword, instead of aw^hip; and between his legs the heartless changelingBubb Dodington sits in the form of a spaniel. Theircharacters are thus set forth in the verses printed be-neath the original engraving:—. 1741 ] CARICATURE ON THE MOTION. 179 * Who be dat de box do sit on ?Tis John, the hero of North Briton,Who, out of place, does place-men spit on. Doodle, &c.* Between his legs de spaniel curr see,Tho now he growl at Bob so fierce,Yet he fawnd on him once in doggerel verse. Doodle, &c. And who be dat postilion drive oer all, and no man spare %Tis Ph—1—p e—le of here and there. Doodle, &c. But pray who in de coache sit-a %Tis honest J—nny C—t— vant in place again to get-a. Doodle, &c/ Lord Cobham holds firmly by the straps behind, asfootman; while Lord Lyttelton follows on horseback,characterised equally by his own lean form, and bythat of the animal across which he strides. * Who s dat behind % Tis Dicky Cobby,Who first would have hangd, and then tryd ! was not that a pretty jobb-e % Doodle, & Who s dat who ride astride de long, so
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