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A Trip to Brighton, or, the P- and his reduced household retiring for the summer season   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: William Dent

Published by: J Carter
Title
A Trip to Brighton, or, the P- and his reduced household retiring for the summer season
Description
English: A ramshackle coach and four conveys the Prince's establishment from Carlton House to Brighton, only the two wheelers appearing within the print. Weltje drives; his box-seat is crammed with provisions: a calf's head, leg of mutton, sirloin, carrots, turnips, &c, and is inscribed 'Purveyor, Coachman, Cook and Butler'; from it hang a gridiron (or saveall) and an iron pot inscribed 'L.W. [Louis Weltje] St James's Street'. The head-bands of the wretched horses are inscribed 'Whim' and 'Caprice'. Inside the coach Mrs. Fitzherbert sits reading 'Principles of Oeconomy'; the Prince, seated on her left, gazes at her amorously. In front of them are boxes and a bundle inscribed 'Childbed Linnen'. On the roof of the coach sits Hanger (left), an enormous bludgeon under his arm, reading a paper inscribed 'For Sale by Tattersall The Princes Stud'. His feet rest on a cask of 'Small Beer' standing, with a basket of 'Raisin Wine', on the boot behind the coach. On the front of the roof sits Fox, very disconsolate, holding a pair of bellows. Between them is a large basket containing a close-stool, a warming-pan, and a cradle. On the panels of the coach are the Prince's feathers and motto, upside-down, and two stars. 15 July 1786
Etching with hand-colouring
Depicted people Representation of: George IV, King of the United Kingdom
Date 1786
date QS:P571,+1786-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 247 millimetres
Width: 346 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
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Accession number
J,4.103
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) A satire on the ostentatious retrenchments of July 1786, when the Prince closed half of Carlton House, dismissing the workmen, the King having refused to pay his debts, see BMSat 6965, &c. Orde wrote to Rutland 17 July 1786, 'The Prince of Wales's resolution is a striking measure, but if it was a scheme of party to throw reflexion on the King and to raise the credit of the Prince at the expence of His Majesty, it has not answered.' 'Hist. MSS. Comm., Rutland Papers', iii. 324. See Wraxall, 'Memoirs', 1884, iv. 352-3. The Prince went to Brighton in a hired post-chaise on 11 July, Mrs. Fitzherbert followed on 24 July. The rumour that she was pregnant was commonly believed at the time. Wilkins, 'Mrs Fitzherbert and George IV', i. 169-71, cf. BMSat 6954, &c. See BMSat 6989, a sequel. See also BMSats 6945, 6968, 6970, 6980, 6982, 7143, 7158, 7167.

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Another impression of 1868,0808.5550, with variant colouring
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