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| Title |
Royalty, Episcopacy and Law |
| Artist |
William Hogarth |
| Date |
1724 (reprinted c. 1822) |
| Medium |
Etching and engraving |
| Location |
The Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections,
Northwestern University |
Hogarth even attacks Britain's monarchy and its supporters.
He lampoons King George I, shown with a guinea coin for a
head, holding a scepter and an orb; a bishop, resting his
leg on an over stuffed pillow; and a narcissistic lawyer in
lavish costume, having a mallet for a head.
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