Enchantments lately seen upon the mountains of Wales - or - Shon ap-Morgan's reconcilement to the fairy princess

Enchantments lately seen upon the mountains of Wales - or - Shon ap-Morgan's reconcilement to the fairy princess

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Title:
Enchantments lately seen upon the mountains of Wales - or - Shon ap-Morgan's reconcilement to the fairy princess
Description:
On a small plateau on the top of a mountain the Princess of Wales (left) reaches up to kiss the Prince of Wales (right), who has the body, horns, and beard of a fat goat. He kneels on one knee, his forelegs round her waist. Her arms are round his neck. A star and ribbon are indicated on his body. She wears her coronet with three tall feathers, and her draperies swirl about her. In the middle distance are two rocky pinnacles. On one (left) three men dance hand in hand: Loughborough in back view wearing his Chancellor's wig and gown, the Duke of York wearing a cocked hat and his star, and Lord Cholmondeley. From the other, Lady Jersey (with the arms and legs of a goat) staggers backwards, she has horns, and three feathers fall from her head. Lord Jersey, with the body of a goat and long horns, is about to fall. They are being hurled from the rock by thunderbolts inscribed with the King's well-known phrase. The words issue from heavy clouds, showing that it is the King who has overthrown them. Behind them is the sea with a small island flying a flag (BM). / A satire on the resignation of Lady Jersey (on 25 June) and the supposed reconciliation of the Prince and Princess. It was announced in the papers that, owing to the intervention of the King and the good offices of the Duke of York and Lord and Lady Cholmondeley, the Prince had returned to Carlton House and dined with the Princess (BM).
Artist:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Name on Item:
Js. Gy. des.
Date:
June 30, 1796
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 3
Subjects:
Rulers
Nobility
Couples
Kissing
Goats
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111m756
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
111 Cheapside, London : T. Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
BM Satires 8818
On item: 81.
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from British Museum.
Reproduction. Date indicated is Gillray's original publication date.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Notes (object):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 3," the third volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000665
Barcode:
36666003261027