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The State Pack Horse (BM 1868,0808.3627), Political satire on Robert Walpole's reaction to the Duke of Argyll's opposition: in the foreground, a scene outside the Exchequer, a gothic building, in London where Walpole hands a bill for £5000, lettered "You are hereby empower'd to quiet ye North", to a man standing beside a pack-horse laden with bribes (including bags of money, exchequer tallies and promises of honours) and chewing at a thistle, an itinerant musician plays the bladder and string; behind, to right, a wizard draws a magic circle on the ground while indicating the devil flying above on a broomstick, and to left a Scotsman holds a picture of the ass of Balaam (which confronted his master after being cruelly treated) with the angel holding a scroll lettered, "The Duke of Argyl Speech"; in the distance, a scene outside the city of Edinburgh where, to right, a man wearing a sash directed by the devil unloads the horse's pack while one group of men backs off and another reaches for the bribes; to right, Argyll is greeted by a deputation of gentlemen gathered beneath a pennant; the verses below allude to Argyll's metamorphosis from ally to opponent of Walpole. 13 September 1740
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The State Pack Horse (BM 1868,0808.3627), Uploads by copyfraud, Satirical prints in the British Museum, paper, Print made by: Charles Mosley : Published by: Philip Overton, The State Pack-Horse
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国産パックホース(BM1868,0808.3627) コピーフロイトによるアップロード、大英博物館の風刺版画、紙、印刷:チャールズ・モズリー:出版:フィリップ・オーバートン、国産パックホース
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briber bribe bribery subornation reprisal suborn magic circle golden thistle deputation draw off allude