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Toasting muffins vide royal breakfast.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Toasting muffins vide royal breakfast.

[London] : Pubd. Novr. 28th 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1791]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 191 x 147 mm; plate mark: 249 x 352 mm; sheet: 270 x 376 mm; inlaid: 315 x 546 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.174b
Notes
A companion print to Gillray's "Frying sprats, vide Royal Supper," the two prints being executed on the same etched plate with separate imprint statements, evidently intended to be displayed together.
Text below caption title reads: ..."So justly formed to meet by nature!" [continuation of text from Gillray's companion print of the Queen: "Ah! sure a pair was never seen,"...].
Library's copy is printed on the same sheet as the companion print (see 1986.174a), with shared plate mark, inlaid in a larger sheet, as reflected in the dimensions recorded above.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows the King in a dressing-gown and nightcap, sitting over a fire toasting muffins, the muffin-dish on a tripod beside him. His stockings are ungartered, the 'Honi soit' ribbon hangs loose. On the fire is a large kettle.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints