England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . BRITANNIA DANCING TO A NEW TUNE. Behind them, Industry lies neglected and almostfamished. A satirical medal, in the collection ofMr. W. D. Haggard, repre-sents on the reverse thesame personages as thosewhich the caricatures figureas the prime movers of therebellion, (the Pope, thedevil, and their associates,)here overcome by the forceof truth. The obverseexhibits a bust of the King in armour, with the inscription Georgius II. d. A caricature, which had been published in theMarch of th
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . BRITANNIA DANCING TO A NEW TUNE. Behind them, Industry lies neglected and almostfamished. A satirical medal, in the collection ofMr. W. D. Haggard, repre-sents on the reverse thesame personages as thosewhich the caricatures figureas the prime movers of therebellion, (the Pope, thedevil, and their associates,)here overcome by the forceof truth. The obverseexhibits a bust of the King in armour, with the inscription Georgius II. d. A caricature, which had been published in theMarch of this year, when the Jacobite rising was al-ready foreseen, but it was at least wished to be be-lieved that the grand conciliation of broad-bot-. REBELLION DEFEATED. 220 BROAD-BOTTOM UNANIMITY. [1745. tomry would be a sufficient defence against it, repre-sented the King on his throne, attended by his twosons, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cumber-land. On each side, the Lords and Commons are of-fering their swords and fortunes for the defence of thecrown. In the foreground, a party of Jacobite conspi-rators are unmasking themselves and taking to cries Alls lost another, Detected! a third,«D—n their unanimity P and so on. On the wallsof the apartment are two pictures, one representingEnglish bull-dogs fighting among themselves; while,in the other, they are united in attacking a bull, distin-guished as the Popes bull f the inscription whichruns under the two paintings is, English Bull-dogs,united against the Enemy. This print, entitled Courtand Country united against the Popish Invasion, isdated the 6th of March, 1744, (i. e. 1744-5.) This unanimity, however specious in appearance, wasbut an imaginary one, and
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