File:The Lover's Dream (BM 1868,0808.6404).jpg
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[edit]The Lover's Dream
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Artist |
Print made by: James Gillray
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Title |
The Lover's Dream |
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Description |
English: The Prince of Wales lies in bed asleep, clasping a pillow with a rapt expression, his closed eyes directed towards a vision of the Princess Caroline who leans towards him floating on clouds, a radiant beauty with outstretched arms. A winged figure with the torch of Hymen (right) 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, caricatured, crouch over the Prince's bed. The former, a grotesque figure, holds out a large money-bag inscribed '£150000 Pr Annm'. The Queen holds out a book: 'The Art of getting Pretty Children'. Both have expressions of avid delight. 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 Jew 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 (cf. BMSat 8611). Above their heads two tiny jockeys gallop off, indicating that the Prince will give up the turf (cf. BMSat 7918, &c). From the foot of the bed (left), which extends diagonally across the design from right to left, rolls a cask of 'Port' on which an infant Bacchus with the head and clumsy figure of Lord Derby is seated astride; he is about to fall, dropping his glass. On the head of the bed is the Prince's coronet with feathers. Beside it (right) is a chamber-pot in which is a bottle of 'Velno' (see BMSat 7592). Beneath the title: '"A Thousand Virtues seem to lackey her, Driving far off each thing of Sin & Guilt." Milton.' 24 January 1795
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Caroline of Brunswick | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1795 date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6404 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) The Prince had consented to marry on condition of the payment of his debts and an increased income, see BMSat 8673, &c. The Princess Caroline left Brunswick on 30 Dec. 1794, but was delayed in Hanover owing to the naval situation. See Malmesbury, 'Diaries and Corr.', 1845, iii. 147 ff., and BMSats 8487, 8498, 8611, 8634, 8643. Grego, 'Gillray', pp. 185, 186 (small copy). Wright and Evans, No. 115.Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6404 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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