A kitchen in which Sir Watkin Williams Wynn MP is rotated on a spit before a fire. Engraving, 1745.

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[March 1745]
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575567i
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A kitchen in which Sir Watkin Williams Wynn MP is rotated on a spit before a fire. Engraving, 1745. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A man tends the fire with a large poker out of which pour the following words: 'place and pention, Hannover troops, excise, men no votes, army reduced, votes of credit, supplies grants'. Two men to the right turn the spit. Far left a servant displays the menu. Three more spits hang above the fireplace with inscriptions. The 'knight' being roasted is Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, a new member of parliament who supported the 'broad bottom' administration of 1744 which had disappointed the nation

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[London?] : [March 1745]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 20.1 x 32.6 cm

Lettering

A Welch k-t, roasted and baisted

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, Vol III, London 1978, no. 2630

Reference

Wellcome Collection 575567i

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English

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