Going in state to the House of Peers, or, A picture of English magnificence!!! dedicated to Mr. P-tt and his 267 liberal friends / [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmakerFeby. 15, 1789.eng"The Prince of Wales, seated in a ramshackle state coach, is drawn (left to right) by eight miserable hacks; the procession is watched by Ministers and others from windows. On the coach door are the Prince's feathers, upside-down. One wheel is broken, the hammer-cloth is ragged; the harness consists partly of rope, partly of chains; the horses are of grotesquely varying sizes and breeds, on one is a saddle. The one dishevelled postilion raises his whip to lash the off-leader, a veritable skeleton, which falls on its knees. The coachman and the two footmen behind the coach are lean and unsuitably dressed. An angry crowd follows the coach ..."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Questionable attribution to Rowlandson in British Museum catalogue and Grego.Publisher's advertisment below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of political and other humorous prints. Admttance [sic] one shilling.Sheet trimmed to within plate mark on top and bottom edges.Two large sets of monogrammed initials written in pencil in lower right, possibly in contemporary hand.Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.