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The triumph of Iustice / Indiano pinxit ; I. Politicus sculpt.
etching and engraving
plate mark: 307 x 183 mm; sheet: 307 x 175 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2660
Published:
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [December 1741?]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title engraved below image.
Publication date from from British Museum catalogue.
"Engrav'd according to act of Parliament."
Dedication at top of image: To the independent electors of Westminster.
Library's copy closely trimmed to image at head of sheet307.
Summary:
A satyr in the character of Time, holding a hour-glass and scythe, reclines on top a sarcophagus. On the front is a medallion of Sir Robert Walpole. On either side Lord Sundon and Sir C. Wager are shown weeping. In the clouds above amid angels sits the Prince of Wales holding a bludgeon in one hand and pointing to a figure (Mr. Edwin). The Prince is accompanied by the figure of Justice holding a set of scales.
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