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Dead, positively dead

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S. W. Fores

Dead, positively dead

[London] : Pub Nov 16 1788 by SW Fores No. 3 Piccadilly, [1788]
etching, hand colored
image: 234 x 343 mm; plate mark: 250 x 351 mm; sheet 262 x 375 mm
Peel 1623
Notes
A satire on the secret negotiations between Thurlow and the Prince of Wales during the King's insanity.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows Thurlow standing defiantly, putting on (turning) his coat, and saying, "This side will do as well as the Other"; beside him (left) is the Prince of Wales, a handkerchief to his face as if weeping, while he tramples on a paper reading, 'Prayer for Restoratn his Maj[esty's] Health'; words are etched on both side of his head: 'Make Haste', addressed to Sheridan (left), who hastens from the door, carrying on his shoulders a trunk inscribed 'Despatches for C. F-x', and (right) 'We must keep up Appearances'. On the right Mrs. Fitzherbert is enthroned under a canopy on a circular dais; a lady (left), wearing the Prince's feathers in her hair, puts on her head a crown, saying, "Hail beautious Queen", while another lady (right) holds the orb. They are labeled respectively 'Gloc' and 'Gum'. Cf. George.

Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Classification
Department