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The appointment of ye brave Adml Rodney and Jemmy Twitcher in ye dumps   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: John Baldrey (?)

Print made by: Joshua Kirby Baldrey (?)
Published by: P Mitchell
Published by: John Harris
Title
The appointment of ye brave Adml Rodney and Jemmy Twitcher in ye dumps
Description
English: George III stands in profile to the left, Rodney (left) kneeling, kisses his hand; in the king's left hand is a rolled document inscribed "Instructions", he says, "Rodney do all in Your Power for the honour of my Crown & the Good of ye Nation". Rodney answers "May it please your Majesty I will never fear a Lee Shore but Conquer or Die."


Behind the king on the right stands Sandwich, full-face, looking down with an expression of disgust, saying, "I would recommend Sr Hugh P . . . r" [Palliser]. Two walls of the room are visible; in the back wall is a door, on its left a picture of ships. A window (left) is partly visible on the other wall, next it is a whole-length portrait of Queen Charlotte, the frame surmounted by a crown. 25 May 1780


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Depicted people Representation of: Charlotte, Queen of George III
Date 1780
date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 218 millimetres
Width: 272 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4686
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935)

Rodney and Sandwich were on very bad terms, and though the former had been promoted admiral in Jan. 1779, it was not till the end of 1779 that he was given a command, when no other officer of repute would accept office under the Government. Even then it was believed that it was given only at the direct desire of the king. For Palliser, Sandwich's protégé, see index. For the allusion to Lee Shore see BMSat 5658, 5992, &c.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4686
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