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A lesson for princes   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank

Published by: S W Fores
Title
A lesson for princes
Description
English: The Prince of Wales, in plain riding-dress, very fat, sits on a horse with Lady Jersey behind him; she wears a riding-habit and a round hat with a feather. The horse stands facing a gate in a high stone wall which the Duke of Richmond, in military uniform, holds open, saying, "Tell him I am not at home"; the Prince has let his reins drop in his surprise, and says, "Sure - you dont say so!!" On the gate-post is inscribed 'Steel traps & Spring Guns Set in these Grounds & Fortifications' (cf. BMSat 6921, &c). A signpost points (left) 'To Goodwood'. In front of the horse:



'Solid men of Brighton take care of your houses
Solid men of Brighton take care of your Spouses &c'

Behind the horse (right) is the spiked gateway of another property. Through it looks a man (Barwell), saying to the Prince's companion, "Tell him I am going to set off for London." She says: "Curse on their Prudish maxims!! we'll teach the rising race of Royalty to rise above such Vulgar Prejudices". A notice-board above the gate is inscribed 'Any one found poaching on these premises will be prostituted [scored through and replaced by] prosecuted'. A signpost pointing to the gate is 'To Barwell Hall', another away from it is 'To Bognor'. 12 October 1796.


Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Richard Barwell
Date 1796
date QS:P571,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 242 millimetres
Width: 384 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.6553
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)

It is suggested that the Prince, after the scandal of his separation from the Princess, see BMSat 8806, &c, was cold-shouldered by the Sussex magnates. [This is supported by Lord Holland's remarks on the refusals to meet the Prince at dinner at Holland House. 'Memoirs of the Whig Party', ii. 148 n.] Barwell Hall evidently indicates Stanstead, the magnificent estate of Richard Barwell, the nabob M.P. for Winchelsea. 'Prostituted' may relate to a scandalous story told of Barwell in 'The Intrigues of a Nabob . . .', by H. F. Thompson, 1780. The liaison with Lady Jersey was coming to an end, cf. BMSat 8983.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6553
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