Hmm, I may be wrong here! I can't now remember where I read this, but it was something about G1 turning his back on people (thus turning his rump to them) as a way of showing that they were in disfavor.
But it does seem that the Rump Parliament also has to do with it...here's a passage about this in a book on 18th century political satire. Rumps seem to have been used in images of people kissing Walpole's arse as he shat golden guineas, and in cartoons of those in power shitting on the people.
Oh, and I've figured out the missing word, I think--I saw another piece of clothing saying "God bless P.C. and down with the Rump". That makes sense with the amount of space on the garter. But since it's about BPC, it doesn't make sense that it would refer to G1 rather than G2. Though the slogan was definitely popular during the '15 as well.
Maybe the "rump" from the Rump Parliament (originally little to do with anatomical rumps) evolved and took on other meanings as well?
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Re: Female Jacobites
Date: 2021-12-03 04:00 pm (UTC)But it does seem that the Rump Parliament also has to do with it...here's a passage about this in a book on 18th century political satire. Rumps seem to have been used in images of people kissing Walpole's arse as he shat golden guineas, and in cartoons of those in power shitting on the people.
Oh, and I've figured out the missing word, I think--I saw another piece of clothing saying "God bless P.C. and down with the Rump". That makes sense with the amount of space on the garter. But since it's about BPC, it doesn't make sense that it would refer to G1 rather than G2. Though the slogan was definitely popular during the '15 as well.
Maybe the "rump" from the Rump Parliament (originally little to do with anatomical rumps) evolved and took on other meanings as well?