The Prince in clover
[London] : Pubd. June 2d, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, [2 June 1787]
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Etched on the same plate with companion print: The Prince at grass (BM Satires 7167).
Library's impression on single sheet (measuring 275 x 204 mm) with the companion print, "The Prince at grass" (Peel 3324a).
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
A sequel to BMSat 7167, etched on the same plate. The Prince stands outside the gate of Carlton House as in BMSat 7167, but receives in a lordly manner two purses from two obsequiously bowing Treasury Secretaries (Rose and Steele). He is dressed as in BMSat 7167, but wears his coronet. Pitt, Sydney, and Dundas kneel in a grovelling manner behind the Prince, whose posteriors Pitt is about to kiss. Fox, North, Burke, and Sheridan stand behind, with gestures and expressions of pleased surprise. A tiny figure, the Duke of Richmond, is at work with a trowel on the replaced scaffolding (right), while Thurlow mounts a ladder carrying a hod. On the left a crowd of workmen wave their hats and tools in delight. In the foreground (left) sits a one-legged and one-armed sailor clasping a purse. Cf British Museum online catalogue.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.