The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue [graphic] : most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales *see the Chinese Orphan, a tragedy for the reason of this term / designd by N.S. ; engrav'd by G.S.
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
Printed for Eliza Haywood at Fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, and sold by the printsellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster,
according to act of Parliament, [1742] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : engraving with etching ; sheet 28 x 32 cm
- Notes:
- BM curator's note: "The Man in Blue" refers to "The Chinese Orphan", which was a anti-Walpole verse drama by William Hatchett, published in 1741.
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint, text, and music of the song.
Engraved throughout, with illustration in top center and music below.
For voice and harpsichord. Music on two staves with interlinear words. With caption above music: Set by Sigr. Plutone, 1st composer to the Infernal Shades.
Thirty-four stanzas of song engraved on either side of image and music: One midnight, as the man in blue, sat pond'ring on his doom ...
Title from caption above image. - Abstract:
- "A broadside satirising Robert Walpole, accusing him of accepting bribes; with an etching by GS after DS showing two images, on the left a scene with Frederick Prince of Wales standing amongst a group of gentlemen, pointing towards the left, to his father George II, who is embraced by the figure of Britannia, in the left foreground a kneeling figure with five hands, representing Walpole, holding bags with French and Spanish gold, in the background a ship off Cartagena; the right image shows an interior with Walpole seated at a desk, in front of him appears the ghost of Eustace Budgell, who had drowned himself in 1737; with engraved title, inscriptions, verses in two columns, and lines of music in two columns"--British Museum online catalogue.
Also depicted the White Horse of the Hanover, British lion emblem, and - Topics:
- Bribery--Great Britain.
Britannia (Symbolic character),--depicted.
Crowns.
Death (Personification),--depicted.
Decapitations.
Justice.
Political corruption--Great Britain. - Topics:
- Cartagena (Colombia)--History--Siege, 1741.
- Topics:
- Budgell, Eustace,--1686-1737--Caricatures and cartoons.
Frederick Louis,--Prince of Wales,--1707-1751--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--II,--King of Great Britain,--1683-1760--Caricatures and cartoons.
Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756, publisher.
Truman, Edwin Thomas,--1818-1905--Ms. notes.
Truman, Edwin Thomas,--1818-1905--Ownership.
Walpole, Robert,--Earl of Orford,--1676-1745--Caricatures and cartoons. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)--CtY-LW
Etchings--England--London--1742.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1742.
Satires--England--1742.
Songs--England--1742. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 742.00.00.10+ Impression 2
- Orbis Record:
- 8798291
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr37321
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Frederick George Stephens, v. 3, no. 2555
- OID:
- 16706464
- PID:
- digcoll:4684293
