Lot 251
Gillray (James) Dido forsaken,Sic transit gloria Reginæ, 1787.
Hammer Price: £650
Description
Gillray (James) Dido forsaken,Sic transit gloria Reginæ, satire showing Mrs. Fitzherbert as Dido, seated on a funeral pyre of penises, watching the Prince of Wales sail away with Fox and Burke to Windsor Castle, etching with roulette work, with original hand-colouring, sheet 275 x 375 mm (10 7/8 x 14 3/4 in), under glass, framed, [BM Satires 7165], S.W. Fores, 1787.
⁂ Satire of the debates on the prince's mounting debts and his forced denial of his illicit marriage to Mrs Fitzherbert two years earlier.
Description
Gillray (James) Dido forsaken,Sic transit gloria Reginæ, satire showing Mrs. Fitzherbert as Dido, seated on a funeral pyre of penises, watching the Prince of Wales sail away with Fox and Burke to Windsor Castle, etching with roulette work, with original hand-colouring, sheet 275 x 375 mm (10 7/8 x 14 3/4 in), under glass, framed, [BM Satires 7165], S.W. Fores, 1787.
⁂ Satire of the debates on the prince's mounting debts and his forced denial of his illicit marriage to Mrs Fitzherbert two years earlier.
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