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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 December 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.12.17.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) in bed, supported on her right elbow, looks fixedly towards a warming-pan held by a stout woman who approaches the foot of the bed. In the perforations of the pan are stuck three ostrich feathers; a monk, holding up a crucifix, gazes down at it. Mrs. Fitzherbert wears a large frilled cap and a nightdress with ruffles. The fringed bed-curtains are looped up. On the extreme right is part of a draped table on which are a cup, bowl, and a large urn (probably materials for caudle). On the wall are three pictures: one, the 'Royal Hunt', a man galloping beside hounds; this has the motto 'Ich Ich' (in place of 'Ich dien') with three ostrich feathers. It is flanked by two profile heads facing each other: one is 'Wig', the other 'Torey', but they do not appear to be portraits. The carpet is patterned with Prince of Wales's feathers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Attribution to Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: The compleatest [sic] collection in the kingdom. Admitce 1 Shilling., and Watermark: countermark W.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Dec. 17, 1789 by S.W. Fores at his Caricatura Exhibition Rooms, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
- Subject (Topic):
- Bedrooms, Births, Canopy beds, Crucifixes, Monks, and Rugs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The new birth [graphic].