a f o r t . Leg. t h e . b e it i s h . g lo by . e e v iv . d . by . a dm iea l .
VEENON.
Rev. The Devil leading Sir Robert Walpole, &c.; similar
to No. 190. On a label proceeding from the Devil's month is
inscribed, make : boom : f o e : s ie : b o b e b t . E x . no e x c is e .
1-2.
MB. M.
198. S i e R o b e e t W a l p o l e . 1741.
Bust of Sir Robert Walpole, r., hair short, in mantle round
the shoulders. Leg. b o b e e t u s . w a l po l e . obd : p e b i s c e l id is .
e q v e s . (Robert Walpole, Knight of the Order of the Garter.)
Below, L. NATTEE . F.
Rev. Statue of Cicero, facing, bolding in each band a scroll;
at bis feet, a cippus. Leg. b e g it . d ic t is . a n im o s . (He governs
minds by eloquence.—Virg. Aen. i. 157.) Ex. m . t . c . (Marcus
Tullius Cicero.) l . n . (Laurence Natter.)
1 -9. Snelling, xxxii. 5. Mazzuchelli, II. PI. clxxxv. 2.
MB. 2R. iE. lead. Stockholm, JR. Somewhat rare.
Walpole was elected a Knight of the Garter 26 May, 1726,
and installed 16 June following : but Hollis, upon the evidence
of Natter, of whom be was a great patron, assigns this medal
to the year 1741. The obverse was done from Rysbracb’s
model, and the type of the reverse, the fancy of Dr. Hervey,
was taken from Lord Leicester’s statue of Cicero, and is intended
to eulogize the eloquence of Walpole.'
194. S i e R o b e e t W a l p o l e . 1741.
A similar medal to the preceding has the legend on the
reverse altered, and the word nvmm is substituted for d ic t i s ,
thus reading, e e g it . n vm m is . a n im o s . (He governs minds by
money.)
1#9. The Medalist, front.
MB. M . Stockholm, iR. Yery rare.
• This medal is always cast. The alteration in the legend is
an allusion to Walpole’s reputed skill in bribery. In 1741,
soon after the preceding medal was issued, a satirist wrote a
humorous ballad entitled The Medalist, to which he prefixed a
print of this medal, but with the legend on the obverse, n e g o -
t ia to b . PEiECEPS . p e e . o e b em . d ic o e . (I am called throughout
the world the reckless trader.) This satire no doubt occasioned
the alteration in the legend on the reverse. It appears
from The Medalist, that of the previous piece only about eighty
were struck:—
“ The Die flown asunder, was useful no more,
E ’re fully compleated were Medals Fourscore.
The Number too small for Rob’s Slaves to supply,
He ’as sent to the Dutchman to cut a new D ie :
The Motto’s are chang’d to avoid the like Evil,
And Truth put for Lies, as a Charm ’gainst the Devil.”
195. S i e R o b e e t W a l p o l e . 1741.
Another specimen of No. 193 has the following inscription
engraved on the edge,—
EEGIT NVMMIS ANIMOS
ET NVMMIS EEGITVE IPSE.
(He governs minds by money, and by money is himself governed.)
1-9.
MB. HI. Very rare.
Of this additional inscription Mr. Hollis, in his Memoirs,
Vol. I. p. 184, states, “ Some years after [the making of the
medal], Mr. Natter being in Denmark, and dining one day at
the table of count Molke, the then prime minister there, that
medal was spoken of, and the |variorum for the reverse of it
[See the preceding medal]; which occasioned much laughter to
the company, and a digression on the methods of managing
parliaments in England. One of them at length said that the
verse might be made out, and out he made it to their general
satisfaction. With these variorums the medal lieth in several
cabinets, both at home and abroad.”