File:The sick prince. (BM 1851,0901.364).jpg
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The sick prince.
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Print made by: James Gillray
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The sick prince. |
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| Description |
English: The Prince lies in bed, 'in extremis'; Thurlow, Pitt, and Richmond stand behind a curtain (right), the first with a dagger raised to strike, Pitt clutching a dagger. On the other side of the bed Liberty with her cap and staff clasps her hands in supplication for the preservation of the Prince; behind her stand Fox, Burke, North, and (?) Sheridan in similar attitudes. In the foreground (left) Time advances with his scythe towards the Prince; he has mown down a man who falls backwards holding on his shoulder a naked African with a broken spear (? Death). The African, about to fall, clutches the head of an apothecary seated on the ground. Rays of light fall diagonally on the Prince; clouds extend over him and his would-be assassins. Resting on the clouds is a scroll inscribed: '1800 \ Glory, \ Conquest, \ Submission of \ America - Perfidy of France \ respecting the Treaty'. Above the Prince's head are his feathers and 'Ich Dien'. 16 June 1787
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Edmund Burke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1787 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
1851,0901.364 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) The Prince became ill in May 1787 on Mrs. Fitzherbert's refusal to see him after Fox's denial of the marriage. He was (incorrectly) reputed to be 'still in great danger' on 28 May. Wilkins, 'George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert', i. 211. The Opposition seem to have had expectations from the popularity which accrued (it was believed) to the Prince owing to his illness. For the French Commercial Treaty see BMSat 6995, &c. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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