The accommodating spouse, Tyr-nn-es delight! : coming York over her, or what you like.

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James Gillray

1756-1815

etching with stipple

image: 229 x 340 mm; plate mark: 250 x 352 mm; sheet: 263 x 366 mm

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.

Peel 2687

Published:

[London] : Pubd May 15th 1789 by J. Aitken, Castle Street Leicester Fields, [1789]

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Notes:

By James Gillray.
Two additional variant states of this print exist, one with Lord Tyrconnel saying "A good night to your R . . . l High . . . s!!! Bon Soir, my lady; I'm no peeping Tom of Coventry"; the other with the caption title altered to read: The accommodating spouse; - the kind cuckold sent to Conventry; - coming York over her; - or what you like. Cf. BM Satires.

Summary:

Print shows Lady Tyrconnel in bed, baring her breast and looking amorously at the Duke of York, who is climbing into the bed with her. Her husband (in back view) leaves the room by a door on the right, saying, "A good night to your R . . . l High . . . s!!! Bon Soir, my lady; I'll be back to breakfast! so let the butter'd Bun be ready for Jerry." The Duke's breeches and military coat, with its star, are on a chair by the door.

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Gillray, James

Century:

18th century

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Drawings and Prints