The House of Commons: the Speaker, Arthur Onslow (seated, centre), calling upon Sir Robert Walpole (left) to speak. Stipple engraving by R. Page after W. Hogarth and J. Thornhill.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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"The Chief Clerk, Edward Stables, and his assistant, Aiskew, are seated at the right. In the front row above, from left to right are: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645-1712), the Father of the House (MP for St Germains); Colonel Richard Onslow (1654 -1717), brother of the Speaker (MP for Guildford); and the artist, Sir James Thornhill (MP for Melcombe Regis)"--National Trust website, accessed December 2019

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1 print : stipple, with etching ; image 14.4 x 12.1 cm

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The House of Commons in Sir Robert Walpole's administration. Engraved by R. Page from the original picture Wm. Hogarth and Sir James Thornhill

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R. Paulson, Hogarth, his life, his art, and his times, New Haven and London 1971, p. 200

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Wellcome Collection 39211i

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After a painting at Clandon Park, the Onslow Collection (National Trust), which was saved from the fire there in 2015

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