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[edit]The Introduction
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Print made by: James Gillray
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Title |
The Introduction |
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Description |
English: The Duke of York leads his bride to the King and Queen, who are seated side by side on the throne (right), much caricatured, making gestures of eager greed. The King looks through a glass, the Queen holds out her apron to catch the coins which the Duchess holds in her apron. Behind the pair on the extreme left walks a gigantic Prussian soldier with extravagantly long moustaches, carrying a large money-bag under each arm, inscribed '£100000' and '£100 . . .' 22 November 1791
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Charlotte, Queen of George III | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1791 date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1851,0901.559 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) The belief that the Princess's dowry was large was mistaken, see BMSats 7916, 7924, 7927, &c. Parliament granted the Duke an additional £18,000 a year, the King added £12,000 a year from the civil list; he was also given £7,000 a year on the Irish establishment. (He also had the revenues of the Bishopric of Osnaburgh.) £8,000 a year was settled on the Duchess in case she should survive the Duke. 'Parl. Hist.' xxix. 1006 ff. For the supposed avarice of the King and Queen see BMSat 7836, &c. The introduction of the Duchess to the royal family (see BMSats 7927,7931) is the subject of a painting by Richard Livesey, engraved by J. Murphy (pub. E. Walker, 1793); pamphlet (reproduction) by W. Roberts, 1922; 'Cat. Engr. Br. Portraits', v. 37. Grego, 'Gillray', p. 132. Wright and Evans, No. 61. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-559 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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