In the political pamphlets which appeared in opposition to the ministry in the latter part of the reign of George II, the club at White's is frequently alluded to; and in 'A Political and Satirical History of the years 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760, in a series of one hundred and four Humourous and Entertaining Prints,'[211] the gaming propensities of Lord Anson, the circumnavigator, who was at the same time a member of the club and of the government, are keenly satirised. In Plate 7 he is represented as a Sea Lion, with the body of a man and the tail of a fish; in one hand he holds a dice-box, and in the other a card; and on the wall are two pictures, the one showing an E.O. table, and the other a table covered with money, with the inscription "_Blacks_ and WHITES." In another print he figures as the Knave of Diamonds, with the inscription at the top, "_Hic niger est_;" and at the bottom, "ACAPULCA." In the Key prefixed to the work the person represented is thus denounced: "This caricatura's propensity to gaming tells us at once how valuable he must be to a shipwrecked state, and that he deserves (like a drunken pilot in a storm) to be thrown overboard, to make room for one of clearer brains and more integrity." The three other Knaves are: SPADES, inscribed "Monsr. Dupe;" and in the Key it is said that, by the flower-de-luces, seen on the ground, is expressed, "how much this caricatura was connected with our enemies, and was even a Dupe to them against the interests of his country." HEARTS, with a fox's head, and inscribed "Monsr. Surecard:" in the Key it is said that this character "infers, by the sharpness of the nose, that craft and subtilty which is natural to creatures of a similar kind, known by the name of FOXES, and is here pointed out as a Knave." CLUBS, with a broken yoke in his hand, and inscribed "Null Marriage:" the Key says, "this caricatura was esteemed the most atrocious Knave in the pack, and the worst of the black sort."
Another plate in the same series of caricatures displays the gamester's coat of arms. The shield is charged with cards, dice, and dice-boxes, and is surrounded by a chain, from which hangs a label inscribed "CLARET." Supporters, two Knaves. Crest, a hand holding a dice-box. Motto, "_Cog it_ AMOR NUMMI." In Plate 90, of which a copy is here given, the principal performers figuring on the political stage in 1759 are represented as coat cards.[212] In the suit of HEARTS, the King, Optimus, is George II; Queen, Britannia; Knave, Pitt. DIAMONDS, King, the King of Prussia; Queen, the City of London; Knave, Prince Ferdinand. SPADES, King, the King of Poland; Queen, the Queen of Hungary; Knave, Holland. CLUBS, King, the King of France; Queen, Gallia; Knave, Marshal Broglie. In the Key it is said that "the labels and characters here represented are sufficient to explain the meaning of the print, with the least application."