Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' satirising King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.
A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' satirising King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.
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A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' satirising King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.

1737

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The festival of the golden rump. Rumpatur, quisquis rumpitur invidiâ. Designed by the author of common sense.

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