The maid bringing in the breakfast finds the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert in a dishevelled state on the morning after their marriage. Wood engraving after "Plenipo Georgy" (James Gillray?).

  • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
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1788
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28436i
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The maid bringing in the breakfast finds the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert in a dishevelled state on the morning after their marriage. Wood engraving after "Plenipo Georgy" (James Gillray?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1788

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 17.3 x 21.4 cm

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The morning after marriage - or - a scene on the Continent. Plenipo Georgy. Bears signature "Plenipo Georgy", identified by Grego and BM catalogue as Gillray. "Plenipo" was a colloquial abbreviation of plenipotentiary (OED)

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. 6, 1938, no. 7298 (for the original print)

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Wellcome Collection 28436i

Reproduction note

Imprint of original: London (No. 50 Oxford Str.) : W. Holland, April 5 1788

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