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James Gillray
The Jersey smuggler detected, or, Good cause for seperation (sic) [scored through and replaced by] Discontent / [Gillray].
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image: 25.1 x 35.1 cm; plate: 26 x 36.2 cm; sheet: 27 x 37.5 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2938
Published:
[London] : H. Humphrey, 1796.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
The Princess of Wales (left), candle in hand, approaches the bed of the Prince, who wakes up, raising his hands in dismay. Lady Jersey is asleep, her head on the Prince's shoulder, her arms round his neck. The distressed Princess wears a coronet and triple ostrich plume, her right arm is flung back. Behind her (left) is an open door through which is seen the baby princess in a cradle ornamented with the Prince's feathers, with which his bed is also decorated. Above the Princess's head hangs a 'Map of the Road back to Brunswick'.
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