Satirical frontispiece to a pamphlet entitled "An Epistle from a Merchant's Clerk to his Master" dealing with Pulteney's expulsion from the Privy Council following his dispute with Lord Hervey. An interior of a grand room with the king seated on a throne under a canopy to left; the "Honest Courtier" stands behind him holding the wand of the Lord Chamberlain (probably intended as Lord Hervy who was Vice-Chamberlain of the royal household); in the centre is the "Thriving Courtier" (Walpole) proferring a paper to the king with his right hand and with his left indicating the "Slighted Courtier" (Pulteney) who turns away. In the background, three yeomen of the guard. 1731
<br>Etching (a worn impression)
1731 (circa?)
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