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A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
On the pedestal are the words "Una eurusq, notusq; ruunt creberq; procellis Africus"; the magician bears the legend "Auri sancra fames" and the priestess injects "Aurum potable". Behind the priestess is the lame Bishop Hoadly and balancing scales on the left is Horace Walpole (brother of Sir Robert and known as the 'Balance-Master of Europe') Attendants bearing urns deposit them at the feet of the idol; the room is filled by peers bearing the 'Golden Rump' emblem, which also embelishes the canopy above them
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