Reynard's hope, a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban [graphic] / W.D.
1784
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Reynard's hope, a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban [graphic] / W.D.
Created/published
[London] : Pubd. by J. Brown, Rathbone Place, April 15th, 1784.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in., on sheet 10 x 13 1/4 in.
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paper
Summary
A scene near the shore of the island; the wrecked ship with splintered masts, lying on the shore (right), is the 'Royal George'. The Prince of Wales as Trinculo (left) stands in profile to the right holding a bottle of wine in his right hand, addressing Charles James Fox who is Stephano; he says: "Give me dear woman - and give me good wine - and you may govern all things else as thine". He wears a fool's cap with bells, ornamented with three ostrich feathers and 'Ich dien'. Beside him is a barrel inscribed 'Butt' and 'P. of W'. Fox as the drunken butler, directed to the left, holds out his right fore-finger to the Prince, saying: "Taffy - when the island's ours - my brave Boy - I - I'll be King - and you shall be Viceroy"; in his left hand he holds a dice-box inscribed 'Compass'. On the ground at Fox's feet, facing the Prince, kneels Caliban, a hairy body with the head of North; he says: "My Jove, I'll lick your shoes & obey your nod, and his, for sure he's Bacchus, the bloated God." Over the sea and above the wreck is a bright crescent encircling a dark disk, shedding its rays on clouds.--Adapted from George.
Note
A satire on the relations of the prince of Wales with the coalition--cf. no. 6535 in the British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires.
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Cited/described in
George 6535
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Prints.
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Caricatures
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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ART File S528t2 no.107 (size S)