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James Gillray
1756-1815
The introduction.
hand colored engraving
image: 243 x 345 mm; plate mark: 247 x 353 mm; sheet: 263 x 367 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2750
Published:
London : H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, Nov'r 22d 1791
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title from caption.
Summary:
The Duke of York leads his bride to King George III and Queen Charlotte, 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 . . ."
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