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Wouski   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: James Gillray

Published by: Hannah Humphrey
Title
Wouski
Description
English: Prince William Henry seated in a hammock tenderly embraces a pretty African or mixed race girl; they gaze into each other's eyes. He is in profile to the right, and wears naval uniform with striped trousers, a star on his coat. The hammock is slung above a chest inscribed 'Pe Wm Hy.'; a coil of rope, a cask of 'Jamaica Rum', and a cannon indicate the Prince's ship. Beneath the design is etched:



'------Far be the noise
Of Kings & Crowns from us, whose gentle souls
Our kinder fates have steerd another way,
Free as the forest birds we'll pair together
Without rememb'ring who our fathers were.
And in soft murmurs interchange our souls.' 23 January 1788


Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Representation of: William IV, King of the United Kingdom
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 197 millimetres
Width: 273 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5675
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Prince William returned to England from Jamaica via Quebec in Dec. 1787 in the Pegasus frigate of which he was captain. See BMSat 7296. Wouski, a black, is a character in Colman's opera, 'Inkle and Yarico', first played at the Haymarket, 4 Aug. 1787. Genest, vi. 453. See BMSat 7926. Grego, 'Gillray', pp. 92-3. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. Reproduced, Fuchs, p. 259.

For discussion, see Temi Odumosu, "Africans in English Caricature 1769-1819: Black Jokes, White Humour" (Harvey Miller) 2017, chapter 3, “James Gillray’s ‘Wouski (1788): A New Case Study”, pp. 137-163.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5675
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