The introduction [graphic].

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Title: The introduction [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [22 November 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 22d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "The Duke of York leads his bride to the King and Queen, who are seated side by side on the throne (right), much caricatured, making gestures of eager greed. The King looks through a glass, the Queen holds out her apron to catch the coins which the Duchess holds in her apron. Behind the pair on the extreme left walks a gigantic Prussian soldier with extravagantly long moustaches, carrying a large money-bag under each arm, inscribed '£100000' and '£100 ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched at top of image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
1 print : etching plate mark 25 x 35.2 cm., on sheet 26 x 36 cm.
On wove paper, hand-colored.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; March 1961;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 35.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Subject (Topic): Avarice
Coins
Dowry
Military uniforms
Prussian
Reception rooms
Royal weddings
Skull & crossbones
Telescopes
Thrones
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Avarice
Coins
Dowry
Military uniforms > Prussian
Reception rooms
Royal weddings
Skull & crossbones
Telescopes
Thrones
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
18th century
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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