Print shows the Prince of Wales lies in bed asleep, lovingly clasping his pillow, his closed eyes directed towards a vision of the Princess Caroline who leans towards him floating on clouds. A winged figure with the torch of Hymen holds up her draperies, while a cupid with bow and arrows flying above the Princess's head holds up the heavy curtains of the four-post bed. On the left, also emerging from clouds, the King and Queen crouch over the Prince's bed. The former holds out a large money-bag inscribed '£150000 Pr Annm'. The Queen holds out a book: 'The Art of getting Pretty Children'. On the left and among clouds persons flee in alarm at the approach of the bride: Fox scattering dice from a dice-box, Sheridan as a bearded Jewish man wearing a broad-brimmed hat. Above them are three women: the most prominent, Mrs. Fitzherbert, with clasped hands; next (?) Lady Jersey, and between and behind them a young woman wearing a cap. Above their heads two tiny jockeys gallop off, indicating that the Prince will give up the turf. From the foot of the bed rolls a cask of 'Port' on which an infant Bacchus with the head and clumsy figure of Lord Derby is seated astride.
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The lover's dream / Js. Gillray desn. et fect.
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James Gillray
1756-1815
The lover's dream / Js. Gillray desn. et fect.
[London] : Pubd Jany 24th 1795 by H Humphrey, No 37 New Bond Street, [1795]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.528
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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