Satire on the ineffectiveness of the secret committee of the House of Commons to collect material for the impeachment of Robert Walpole. In the centre, a Janus head of George II and Robert Walpole in an oval frame topped by a mask and a fox, and resting on a plinth with a scene of a beheading outside the Tower of London. On the left stands Britannia, adressing the King, "Justice should have her Due", to which he replies, "We fear not her, nor you"; a ship lies off shore in the background. On the right, stands Justice, addressing Walpole, "I'll punish thee, I swear", to which he replies, "Touch me , Madam, if you dare"; an empty gallows awaits him in the background. Eight lines of verse beneath alluding to the close relationship between the king and Walpole. 1742
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circa 1742 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1742-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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