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Enchantments lately seen upon the mountains of Wales, or, Shon-ap-Morgan's reconcilement to the fairy princess / Js. Gy. des. et fect.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Enchantments lately seen upon the mountains of Wales, or, Shon-ap-Morgan's reconcilement to the fairy princess / Js. Gy. des. et fect.

Published

[London] : Pubd June 30th 1796 by H: Humphrey New Bond Street, [1796]

hand colored etching
image: 24.3 x 35 cm; sheet: 24.8 x 35.8 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2941
Notes
Trimmed to within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

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 words 'What? - What? - What?' (the King's well-known phrase) which 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 inscribed 'Jersey'.

Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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