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James Gillray
1756-1815
The visit to Piccadilly, or, A Prussian reception
hand colored etching
image: 346 x 240 mm; plate: 352 x 250 mm; sheet: 359 x 263 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2791
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[London] : Pubd. July 12th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
The Prince of Wales (the future King George IV, 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. The Prince wears in his hat a leek, with his motto, 'ich dien'. 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.
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