- Creator:
- Kingsbury, Henry, active 1775-1804, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 February 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.02.04.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat fishwife (left) and George Hanger face each other with clenched fists. Between the combatants in the background are ships at anchor close to the shore. Another fishwife stands behind Bess holding out a lemon. Behind Hanger (right) stand the Prince of Wales and Prince William, the latter in naval coat and striped trousers. Between the Prince and Hanger stands the Duke of York; on the extreme right is a rough-looking sailor. Hanger's club lies at his feet. Beneath the title is etched: 'Fought at Plymouth to the Amusement of their Royal Highness's the Prince of Wales Duke of York & Prince William Henery. This battle lasted only two minutes being Decided on the first onset by a knock down Blow from Big Bess which Entirely Did up the Prig Major. NB Big Bess was carried in Triumph through the Town Exclaiming I have done the Major [a parody of Humphries's 'I have done the Jew'].'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Suggested attribution to Kingsbury from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Pugilism -- Trades: Fishwife -- Naval uniforms., 1 print on laid paper : etching ; plate mark 25.2 x 35.5 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm., and Watermark: Portal & Bridges.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd 4 Feb. 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Fighting, Lemons, Military uniforms, British, Sailors, and Sailing ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The battle royal between the Prig Major and Big Bess [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.02.01.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two stout ladies, dressed in long gowns, confront each other. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) with her second the Prince of Wales faces in a confident manner the scowling and clumsy Mrs. Schwellenberg whose second, Pitt offers her a lemon. The furious German woman holds a massive sceptre in both her hands raised above her head ready to strick her opponent. All the figures have speech bubbles above their heads referencing the rights of the people, the Prince's morganatic marriage, Catholics, and the issue of money going to Germany
- Alternative Title:
- Political heat for Rege & Grege and Political heat for Rege and Grege
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from later state. Cf. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times. London, Chatto and Windus, [1873?], p. 107., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of subtitle., Earlier state, with the Prince of Wales's uncensored speech. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7501., and Watermark: L Taylor.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Marriage, Regency, Censorship, Crucifixes, Fighting, Lemons, Royal marriages, British, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival queens, or, A political heat for Rege & Grege [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.02.01.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two stout ladies, dressed in long gowns, confront each other. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) with her second the Prince of Wales faces in a confident manner the scowling and clumsy Mrs. Schwellenberg whose second, Pitt offers her a lemon. The furious German woman holds a massive sceptre in both her hands raised above her head ready to strick her opponent. All the figures have speech bubbles above their heads referencing the rights of the people, the Prince's morganatic marriage, Catholics, and the issue of money going to Germany
- Alternative Title:
- Political heat for Rege & Grege and Political heat for Rege and Grege
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state with the Prince's speech censored., Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages: Prince of Wales's to Mrs. Fitzherbert -- Ficticious duels: Mrs. Fitzherbert and Mrs. Schwellenberg -- Allusion to Regency crisis, 1788 -- Lemons -- Literature: travesty of Nathaniel Lee's The rival queens., Watermark: Portal & Bridges., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Marriage, Regency, Censorship, Crucifixes, Fighting, Lemons, Royal marriages, British, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival queens, or, A political heat for Rege & Grege [graphic].