"The Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert in the bedroom of a French inn ; a maidservant enters (left) with a tea-tray. The Prince, yawning and stretching with a dissipated air, is seated on the edge of a table; the revelry of the past night is indicated by an overturned decanter, broken wineglass, and a broken candle. Another candlestick and broken wine-glass lie on the ground, together with the Prince's top-boots. He wears slippers and his stockings are ungartered, the 'honi soit qui mal y' [pense] ribbon hanging round his leg. Mrs. Fitzherbert, seated on the bed, draws on a stocking; her garter inscribed 'Fox' lies on the ground (cf. British Museum satire 7306). The bed is heavily draped with fringed curtains. The Prince's feathered hat hangs on the wall."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Scene on the Continent
Description:
Companion print to: "Wife & no wife, or, A trip to the Continent.", CtY-LW, Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Probably a reissue; the final digit '8' in '1788' in imprint appears to have been altered from '6,' and the publisher's street address seems to have been burnished and re-etched. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages -- Motto: Honi soit qui mal y pense., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Strt.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,--1756-1837--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms. , Draperies., Hats. , Servants., Tableware., and Taverns (Inns)--France--1788.