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Bumbardinian. Confering upon state affairs with one in office   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Bumbardinian. Confering upon state affairs with one in office
Description
English: A tall thin man, much caricatured, in general's uniform, his hat held stiffly under his left. arm, his head and shoulders thrown back with a self-important air, his toes turned out grotesquely. He wears the order of the Thistle. A short stout man (l.) looks up at him, his left. thumb held to his nose, his right. hand on his hip, his legs and feet in a curiously contorted position. They are Sir R. Hamilton, Bart., Lt.-General 1777, died 10 Aug. 1786, and Sir Grey Cooper, Secretary to the Treasury. Two dogs, one with a bone, are near them. Behind (r.) the end of a small house appears, the door inscribed "Bombardinium 40". A man and woman are about to enter it, he carries a cradle, she has bundles inscribed "Childbed Linen".


On a mound in the background is a small circular temple, its dome surmounted by a star on which a figure of Fame holding a wreath and a trumpet is grotesquely poised. Under the dome is a circular altar, on which stands a partly naked figure, visible from the waist downwards. Before this two figures on a minute scale, one representing Hamilton, the other Cooper, are kneeling. Near the temple a man is tipping on to the grass the contents of a small cart led by a horse. Beneath the title is engraved,

"Important blanks in Nature's Mighty roll. Churchill." c.1779


Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Representation of: Sir Grey Cooper
Date 1779
date QS:P571,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 351 millimetres
Width: 249 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1877,1013.861
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) A satire on the self-importance of General Hamilton (who had not the order of the Thistle), and on some scandal. Apparently an earlier version of 'Bombardinian', see BMSat 5608. See also BMSat 5607.

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Attributed to Gillray by Dorothy George, but this seems wrong.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-1013-861
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