Satire on the jockeying for position of the European powers in the late 1730s, and in particular on the unwillingness of Walpole's government to go to war comprising versions of four earlier satires showing "Heats" in the "European Race" (BM Satires 2333, 2415, 2431 and 2455). The scenes dated respectively 1737, 1738, 1739 and 1740, their compositions only slightly altered, are enclosed withing four rococo frames entwined with ribbons on which are lettered the title and keys to each scene; at top is a wolf, in the centre a grotesque horned head, and below a mask lying on a dagger; on the left hand side of the scene at lower left is the emblem from the lower margin of BM Satires 2431, and on the right is that from BM Satires 2455.      1740
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1740<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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