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A Windsor pair, full ripe.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Thomas Howell Jones

Published by: S W Fores
Title
A Windsor pair, full ripe.
Description
English: George IV and Miss Chester sit on a rustic garden seat under the branch of a tree, from which a giant pear hangs over their heads, exactly between them. He looks at her languishingly, right hand raised, and sings:


"Leave but a Kiss within the Cup,
And I'll not look for Wine"—[Ben Jonson, To Celia.]
She holds his left hand; in her right she holds up a goblet, and gazes into a big embossed punch bowl inscribed Nectar, which stands between them on an ornate marble-topped table. Her foot is apparently pressed against the King's foot which is concealed by her skirt. He is very simply dressed with a wide-brimmed hat appropriate to gardening (cf. BM Satires No. 14639). She is in full dress with long gloves and a high comb and flowers in her hair. In the background (right), across Virginia Water, is the Cottage, with a promenading peacock. Behind it is a wooded hill, crowned with Windsor Castle. In the foreground two small dogs romp amorously, and a large serpent rises from the grass to hiss at the King. 1 April 1828


Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Eliza Chester
Date 1828
date QS:P571,+1828-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions

Height: 240 millimetres

Width: 350 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.8864
Notes

In the title, the 'ai' in 'pair' have been scored through and replaced by 'pear'.

(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)

Eliza Chester, b. 1799, was a beautiful actress, according to Oxberry notoriously for long the mistress of Calcraft, and by 1826 his wife, cf. No. 14429. According to Huish, she solaced George IV's last years at the Cottage, being appointed Reader to the King at a salary of £600. See Nos. 14174, 15526, 15792, 17043.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-8864
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