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The queen's- [ass]   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
The queen's- [ass]
Description
English: The Prince of Wales stands holding his hat and a tasselled cane, his right hand in his breeches pocket. His coat, breeches, waistcoat, and stockings are striped, suggesting a comparison with the picture of a braying 'Zebra' on the wall behind him. In the back-ground is a settee. 17 April 1787
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Charlotte, Queen of George III
Date 1787
date QS:P571,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 293 millimetres
Width: 230 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5636
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

A zebra belonging to the Queen had been known as the Queen's Ass, cf. BMSat 5157. 'The Queen's Ass' was the title of a song published in 1762, see BMSat 3870, &c. The Queen's affection for the Prince was well known. For the title cf. BMSat 7384.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5636
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