Satire on the downfall of Robert Walpole, with particular reference to the role of the Duke of Argyll. A Wheel of Fortune, set up in th Court of Requests (or Westminster Hall), on the top of which balances the winged figure of Fortune holding a birch rod: (1) Argyll, holding Fortune's drapery, turns back encouraging his fellow Scots to rise; (2) Pulteney, stands close behind, saying "I tould you that Letter did it"; "below him, (3) an undidentified man, cries "Ho-ray we're in the right box"; he is helped on to the wheel by (6) a Scot in tartan; (4) Samuel Sandys rushed forward, exclaiming, "Out with the Place Bill now". To the left stands (5) a man, wearing a sash, who points towards another entering through a door in the background, saying, "I come in with my Parties". A man (7), to the left of the wheel, bows deeply as he regards those who fall; the uppermost of these is (8) Walpole who tumbles backwards crying, "Tis all over", and drops a ribbon, a mitre, the white and black rods referring to parliamentary offices, a key, a pen, a purse and a letter addressed "To Mr Court Evel" (a reference to the pseudonym of the journalist, Ralph Freeman); his secretary (9), a pen between his teeth, pulls on Walpole's ribbon, marked "Orford", while his own ribbon is lettered, "he shall come too"; below him another man (10) puts a foot down on the ground; three others have fallen off the wheel, a general (11), a bishop (12) and a lawyer (14) who may be intended for Lord Hardwicke; a bare-headed journalist (13), holding a handful of pens, runs off . to write for "the other side". In the background, shop stalls of Christopher Pinchbeck, two print or book stalls, one lettered "Amey from Charing Cross", and "Nusum's Ingins". Verses, etched beneath in five stanzas.
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1741<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1741-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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