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[edit]The senatorial contrast.
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Title |
The senatorial contrast. |
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Description |
English: A burly Roman senator and a small, thin, knock-kneed Englishman face each other. Over one is etched "The Roman Senator"; over the other, "The British Senator". The Roman (left) in profile to the right., wearing armour and a voluminous cloak, stands in front of a pillar with his left foot on a raised step; he holds out his hands as if in surprise at the appearance of the Englishman. The Briton stands upon a square stool, his toes turned in; he looks at the Roman through a lorgnette, with an expression of dismay; his left hand is raised in astonishment. His dishevelled hair is in a short queue and he is dressed in the fashion of the day. On the ground at his feet are cards, dice, a dice-box; another dice-box is on the stool. He has just dropped the Knave of Clubs which falls to the ground. Behind him two game-cocks are fighting. In the distance the horizon is inscribed "Surry Hills", indicating that he is M.P. for Surrey. 27 January 1777
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Depicted people | Representation of: James Scawen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1777 date QS:P571,+1777-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
J,2.68 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) The Briton is James Scawen, [Miss Banks has written "Mr Scawen" on the print] of Carshalton, Surrey, and Maidwell, Northamptonshire, whose gaming debts were notorious, see BMSat 5423. He was son of the nephew and heir of Sir William Scawen, a very rich merchant and great supporter of William III. Several estates in Surrey were sold by him (1774) or by his trustees (c. 1781), including one to Robert Mackreth (1774), of White's (Bob), notorious as a money-lender (whose nomination for the borough of Castle Rising in 1774 so scandalized Walpole). Brayley, 'History of Surrey', iv. 66-7, 194, 226. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_J-2-68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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File change date and time | 14:49, 26 September 2005 |
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