print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.7137
- Title
- Object: Penance for past folly.
- Description
-
Mrs. Fitzherbert, a weeping penitent, kneels before a priest (left) seated in profile to the right, who holds up a birch-rod and points an accusing finger. He says:
"You know I'am your priest, & your Conscience is Mine,
And you know you have been Wicked & that is a bad Sign."
His head is tonsured, the hair resembling a garland. He wears an embroidered cope over elaborate robes, with bare feet and sandals, and sits in an ornate chair on the back of which is a crown. The crown and some resemblance to George III suggest that he may be intended for the King. Mrs. Fitzherbert holds a rosary in her right hand, and puts a handkerchief to her face, looking away from the priest. Behind her is an altar with two candles. 21 November 1794
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1794
- Dimensions
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Height: 312 millimetres
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Width: 395 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)
For Mrs. Fitzherbert, Lady Jersey, and the Princess of Brunswick see BMSat 8498 and index.
Reproduced, Fuchs und Kind, 'Die Weiberherrschaft', i. 241.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.7137