Sir Robert Walpole addressing the Cabinet
by Joseph Goupy
1723-1742
British Museum 1920,0214.4
Formerly attributed to Philippe Mercier
Formerly attributed to William Hogarth
British Museum curator's comment:
It has been suggested the the scene is a meeting of a Regency Council and that the figures include Thomas Pelham-Hollis, Duke of Newcastle.
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