The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, attributed name[October 1820]eng"The Princess of Wales, squat and fat, wearing a short transparent dress, adjusts her hair at a large glass above a console table on which lies her black mask. Bergami stands beside her, holding a scarf and a box of 'Essence Bergamy'; he wears orders (see British Museum Satires No. 13810, &c.). She asks: "Comment me trouves tu Mon cour" [sic]? He answers: "Je t'aime mieux comme" / "cela, mon Ange". Through a window reaching to the floor (right) is seen Vesuvius."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue.Mounted on page 4 of: George Humphrey shop album.