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James Gillray
1756-1815
Bandelures
[London] : Pubd. Feby. 28th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [1791]
etching with stipple, hand colored
image: 268 x 382 mm; trimmed sheet: 295 x 398 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.290
Notes
Below caption title: "thus sits the Dupe, content! "Pleases himself with Toys, thinks Heav'n secure, "Depends on Woman's smiles, & thinks the Man "His Soul is wrap'd in, can be nought but true; "Fond Fool, arouse! shake off thy childish Dream, "Behold Love's falshood, Friendships perjur'd troth; "Nor sit & sleep, for all around the World, "Thy shame is known, while thou alone art blind -Blackmore.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the Prince of Wales on a sofa, leaning against Mrs. Fitzherbert. He is playing intently with a yo-yo or 'bandelure' at the end of a string. Sheridan leans over the back of the sofa, embracing Mrs. Fitzherbert and thrusting his hand inside her decolletage. She puts her left hand on Sheridan's cheek, her right arm is round the Prince. On the left a fire blazes in the grate; above it is a decorative panel of a horse-race. On the shelf above is a bust of 'Claudius Rom: Imp:', a dice-box and dice, and the figure of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask and holding up a glass. On the wall behind Sheridan's head is a picture of 'Joseph & Potiphers Wife'.
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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