Subject (Name): William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 / Subject (Topic): Intoxication

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Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 May 1799]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Prince of Wales lies on his bed, partly dressed, in a drunken stupor, head downwards, right arm hanging to the ground, where are broken bottles and spilt wine. The ghost of his great-uncle, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), immensely fat, and naked except for cocked hat and sabre, emerging from clouds, stands at the bed-side (right), holding up an hour-glass whose sands have nearly run out; in his right hand he raises the bed-curtains which frame the design. He warns the Prince of the effects of drink and corpulence. See BMSats 9383, 9384, 9385, where the warning is extended."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.9 x 36.2 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 40.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):: Beds, Drinking vessels, Ghosts, Hourglasses, Intoxication, and Obesity
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Duke William's ghost [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 May 1799]
Call Number:: 799.05.07.01.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Prince of Wales lies on his bed, partly dressed, in a drunken stupor, head downwards, right arm hanging to the ground, where are broken bottles and spilt wine. The ghost of his great-uncle, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), immensely fat, and naked except for cocked hat and sabre, emerging from clouds, stands at the bed-side (right), holding up an hour-glass whose sands have nearly run out; in his right hand he raises the bed-curtains which frame the design. He warns the Prince of the effects of drink and corpulence. See BMSats 9383, 9384, 9385, where the warning is extended."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):: Beds, Drinking vessels, Ghosts, Hourglasses, Intoxication, and Obesity
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Duke William's ghost [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 May 1799]
Call Number:: 799.05.07.01.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Plate numbered '39' in lower right corner., Restrike for Bohn's "Supressed plates". Cf. No. 9381in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.7., and Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings: bed curtains -- Hour-glass -- Glass: wine bottles.
Publisher:: Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):: Beds, Ghosts, Intoxication, and Obesity
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Duke William's ghost [graphic]