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1. The Grand-Signior retiring [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [25 May 1796]
Call Number:: 796.05.25.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Prince of Wales, very fat and pompous, in night-cap, dressing-gown, and slippers, walks in profile along a corridor leading from his own door (right), above which are his coronet and feathers, towards that of Lady Jersey, which is wide open and reveals its occupant holding apart the bed-curtains with a gap-toothed grin. Lord Jersey, dwarfish, shambling, and elderly, dressed in nightcap and night-shirt (on which is a 'J' with a coronet), stands by the door, holding a candle and pointing to the bed; he raises his night-cap deferentially to the Prince, who says, with contemptuous arrogance, 'va-t-en' (see BMSat 8809). The Prince walks on a fringed strip of carpet. On the open door behind Lord Jersey is 'A [torn] Map of the Road into the Harbour of Jer[sey]'; the islands of 'Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and [Je]rsey' are depicted, with a route leading to Jersey (cf. BMSat 8810)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Adultery -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Pictures amplifying subject: torn map of the road into the harbour of Jersey -- Coronets -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Male dress: nightshirt -- Nightcaps.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 25th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Grand-Signior retiring [graphic]