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S. W. Fores
The frolick, or, A new-market race
[London] : Pub. July 11 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Picadilly, [1788]
etching, hand colored
image: 215 x 342 mm; plate mark: 242 x 345 mm; sheet: 263 x 368 mm
Peel 1624
Notes
Text below caption title reads: L'abbé frere du Duc d'Orleans etant a Newmarket dans un jardin près dun bassin fit la Gageure avec S.A.R.P.G. [Prince de Galles] de chatouiller un poisson avec le doigt jusqu'à cequ'il Selaissât prendre; la gageure ayaunt ete acceptée & l'Abbé S etant mis Sur Ses genoux it [sic] commencant a agacer le poisson, lors que S.A.R. lepoussa dans la bassin. Le Duc d'Orleans qui etait present poursuit it avec Son fouet S.A.R. qui Serifugia dans un Caffe, ou le Ducs de Queensbury & Grafton & Bedford les reccomoderent, tandis que le pauvre Abbé fut conduit ches lui pour changer d'habits.
Below image at lower right: vide Mor Chro July 10 1788 [a reference to a report in the Morning chronicle on the incident depicted here].
Below image at lower right: vide Mor Chro July 10 1788 [a reference to a report in the Morning chronicle on the incident depicted here].
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows the Duc d'Orleans (left) chasing the Prince of Wales with a whip. Both wear riding-dress with top-boots. Behind them is a pond from which emerge the legs of a man [i.e., the Duke's brother] who is submerged from the waist. They are on a path leading to a pavilion (right), the door of which is inscribed 'The Coffee Room'. Men stand at the door watching the scene, others look from a balcony. Behind Orleans, on the extreme left, are the profile and arms of a Frenchman, who says, "ah ha de French Man make de English run".
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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