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A well-known tea table altercation.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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A well-known tea table altercation.
Description
English: The Prince of Wales (left) and Mrs. Fitzherbert (right) sit side by side on a settee; between them is a small round tea-table. Mrs. Fitzherbert flings the contents of a tea-cup in the Prince's face; he covers his face with his hand to ward off the liquid. On the wall behind her is an oval bust portrait of the Duke of York in profile to the right. On each side of it are two large pictures, partly visible: (left) a servant in livery embracing a maidservant, causing her to spill the contents of a kettle over a cock; (right) Time with his shears clips the wings of Cupid. 2 April 1792
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Depicted people Associated with: Maria Anne Fitzherbert
Date 1792
date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
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Height: 175 millimetres
Width: 111 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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1868,0808.6174
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

Illustration to a dialogue (p. 184) in which, though names are not mentioned, Mrs. Fitzherbert asks when she is to be formally introduced to the Duchess of York. The Prince says 'You have no pretensions to any such distinction! - Because I submitted to a few ceremonious matters in order - to amuse you, and to gloss over your conduct to the censorious world, you begin to be presumptuous . . .'. Actually, the Duchess of York's refusal to treat Mrs. Fitzherbert as a sister-in-law is said to have caused coolness between the brothers. Malmesbury, 'Diaries and Corr.' 1884, ii. 452. See BMSats 7910, 7926, 8113, and cf. BMSat 7564.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6174
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