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Scene in the Road to Ruin   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Scene in the Road to Ruin
Description
English: The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and Henry Barry as Harry Dornton, Milford, and Goldfinch in Holcroft's play. The Duke, wearing regimentals, stands in the centre, saying to the Prince (left): "come Come along the Tennis match will be all Over a rare match between Will - the Marker and the Frenchman so Come along." The Prince, wearing his star, turns away from his brother to read a playbill posted on the corner of a building: 'This Evening the Road to Ruin Mr Munden . . . and Goldfinch by Mr Barry [illegible word] with the Reclaimed Rake'; he says, "I will not come no - no". 'Cripplegate' Barry stands on the right looking through an eye-glass, and saying, "O Dam me what a Cake Thats your Sort." (Cake, foolish fellow. Grose, 'Dict. Vulg. Tongue', 1796.) He is extravagantly dressed in the manner of the 'crops' of the period, see BMSat 8040, &c, the stage directions being 'high-collared coat, several under waistcoats, buckskin breeches covering his calves, short boots, long spurs, high-crowned hat, hair to the extreme etc.'. His right leg is twisted to indicate his club-foot, and his cane is thrust into his boot. May 1792
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Representation of: George IV, King of the United Kingdom
Date 1792
date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 250 millimetres
Width: 350 millimetres (corners missing)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
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Accession number
1876,1014.36
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

The scene follows fairly closely part of Act II. The play was intended to satirize 'some extravagant examples in private life . . . which were personified in the character of Goldfinch'. Baker, 'Biog. Dram.', 1812, iii. 213. It is probable that not only Goldfinch, but Harry Dornton and Milford were intended for portraits: Dornton, the reclaimed and high-principled rake, has given up racing: 'I have done with Highflyer and Eclipse too'; the Prince had recently (it was supposed) given up the Turf on account of the scandal over Escape, see BMSat 7918. Milford is an enthusiast for tennis, as was the Duke of York, see BMSat 7903. See also BMSat 8073.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1876-1014-36
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