"The Duke and Duchess of York receive the address of the City on their marriage, the Mayor, &c, being represented as bulls on their hind legs, wearing livery-gowns. A braying ass on the extreme right reads the 'City Address to their Royal Highness . . .' The Duke stands on the edge or the dais, making an extravagantly low bow, looking through his legs away from the deputation; the Duchess on his right sinks in a curtsey so low tha her petticoats take the form of a circular cushion from the centre of which her head emerges. Behind them (left) is a chair of State surmounted by crown."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
City-loyalty amply rewarded
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Duke of York's marriage, 1791 -- Furniture: chair of State -- Crowns -- Members of Common Council -- John Hopkins, Mayor, 1791 -- Rose, Recorder, 1791 -- Horned cattle -- Asses -- City address to the Duke and Duchess of York -- Curtsies: Duchess of York's curtsy.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 27th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: allusion to the Duke of York's marriage, 1791-- Treasure boxes -- Symbols: Prussian eagle -- Quizzing glasses -- Thrones -- Baldachins., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis on top and initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 10, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, 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, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
"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., With Horace Walpole's manuscript annotations: Duchess of York / Duke of York / Queen / King., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 22d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
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, and 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, and Thrones
"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., and On wove paper, hand-colored.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 22d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
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, and 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, and Thrones
"The Duke of York and his bride walk arm in arm, in the manner of a tramping soldier and his wife. A large bundle on his back is inscribed 'L. 300000'; he uses his sabre as a walking-stick. She is pregnant, and carries a large money-bag: 'Pin Money £50000 Pr Annm'. Behind them (left) in the distance is a castle with a flag inscribed 'Berlin'. The Duke wears regimentals with his star; the Duchess wears a simple straw hat, tilted back to show a tiara."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rare news for Old England
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of text below title: "See the conquering hero comes., and Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Duke of York's, 1791 -- Crowns: tiaras -- Dowry -- Bags of money -- Military uniforms: regimentals -- Castles: Berlin -- Literature: quotation from Nathaniel Lee's Alexander the Great, iv, 2 -- Weapons: sabre as a walking staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Lucky hit for E-O T-O P-O HO and all the rest of the O's
Description:
Title from item., The word 'crown' in title is represented by a crown., 'A' at the beginning of the alternate title is etched over partially erased 'the'., Temporary local subject terms: Isaac of St. James's, fl. 1791 -- Mr. Tetherington(?), fl. 1791 -- Domestic service: Prussian servant -- Marriages: allusion to the marriage of Frederick Augustus and Frederica, the Duke and Duchess of York -- Musical instruments: marrow bone and birch-rod as drumsticks -- Blacks: soldier-musicians in turbans -- Debts: Frederick Augustus debt payments -- Tennis: Frederick Augustus's addiction for tennis -- Tennis rackets -- Prussians -- Jews -- Tailors -- Butchers -- Unpaid bills -- Westminster Bridge -- Gambling: allusion to E.O. -- Dice-box., and Matted to 47 x 72 cm.
Publisher:
Pub No 20, 1791 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793
"The Prince of Wales (left) leads a goat with the head of Mrs. Fitzherbert (right) to the door of the forecourt of a large town-house, held partly open by the Duchess of York. She says, "O Dunder & Wonder! - what Cratur is dat which you are bringing here ? - relation of mine, indeed? - no, no! - me know no Nanny-goat-Princess! - so set off, with your bargain, you poor - Toasted - Cheese! you! - for she sha'nt come in here, to poison the house! - off! - off! - off." The Prince, who wears in his hat a leek, with his motto, 'ich dien', answers, "Not open the Toor ? - Cot-splutter-a-nails - when Nanny is come to see you, herself? - vhy isn't Nanny a Princess too ? - & a Velch Princess? - and hur is come to visit hur Brothers & hur Sisters! - & not to let hur in? why the Voman is mad, sure!" In place of a star he wears a medallion enclosing a pair of goat's horns. He holds his goat by a ribbon wreathed with roses. Mrs. Fitzherbert has goat's horns and wears a coronet with the Prince's feathers; she looks up at him with an expression of dignified surprise. ... The door of the Duke's house is surmounted by a pediment decorated with the Prussian eagle and pairs of doves (an emblem on the Duchess's state-bed, 'Lond. Chronicle', 21 Dec. 1792)"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prussian reception
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 12th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Emblems, Goats, Lanterns, National emblems, Welsh, and Prussian
