print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- J,3.16
- Title
- Object: Pylades & Orestes.
- Description
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The stout Prince of Orange, in profile to the left, shuffles along the pavement, holding the arm of his thin secretary, Nassalin. His eye is almost closed, his right hand, holding a stick, is thrust in his coat pocket. Both are plainly dressed, wearing powdered hair with small tails, and round hats with broad brims. Nassalin is hunchbacked. 1 April 1797
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1797
- Dimensions
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Height: 263 millimetres
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Width: 263 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)
The couple are said to have often perambulated Bond Street in this manner, the Prince sometimes asleep. Cf. BMSat 8822.
Grego, 'Gillray', p. 229. Wright and Evans, No. 433. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. Van Stolk, No. 5389. Muller, No. 5468.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1818
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- J,3.16