The Prince of Pleasure

~ an ask / rp blog for George IV as Prince of Wales ~ DRAMA, FINE DINING, ART, PALACES, FASHION, and the LADIES

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The King & the Marchioness Conyngham, in caricature.

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~ Prince of Wales ~

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The Prince Regent & the Marchioness of Hertford, in caricature.

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“A sudden squall in Hyde Park.” by Thomas Rowlandson. 1791

An uncoloured print of the effects of a storm in Hyde Park featuring amongst other characters, a woman having her hair wrung out by a man as an old portly gentleman looks on with the aid of an eye glass. Another man lies prostrate on the ground, trampled by a woman standing over him. In the backgrond, the Prince of Wales heads for Carlton House on hoseback and Lord Barrymore drives his Phaeton through the general melee.

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“Love” by Thomas Rowlandson, august 1785

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Going out in the Morning by Thomas Rowlandson. 1780′s.

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The Prince & the Countess of Jersey, in caricature.

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Our dear Prinny in coronation robes, as my part of an art trade with @decadent-empress. <33

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Princess Louisa, daughter of King George III, mid 1700s.

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Princess Louisa was George III’s sister, not his daughter.

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Portrait miniature of Frederica, Duchess of York, by William Grimaldi

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The Prince & Mrs. Fitzherbert in caricature

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The Shooting Party: Frederick, Prince of Wales with John Spencer and Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, by John Wootton, 1740

John Spencer (1708-46), to the left trying to keep a bird from an eager spaniel, was the favourite grandson of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), and succeeded her as Ranger of Windsor Great Park a few years later in 1744. Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry (1698-1778), in the centre pointing in the direction of the party’s next foray, was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales. Both men wear a jockey cap, an article of plebeian dress fashionable at the time, and wait upon Frederick, Prince of Wales, who sits nonchalantly on a bank, stroking a dog and wearing his own hunting uniform. Two of Frederick’s liveried servants act as loaders behind and the booty shot so far lies at his feet: hare, pheasant, snipe and kingfisher.

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Princess Louisa (1724-1751), by Bernard Lens III, 1739

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His Royal Highness Frederick Duke of York and Bishop of Osnabourg, by  Maria Cecilia Louisa Hadfield (after Richard Cosway), 1789

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Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817), by William Marshall Craig

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This harpsichord was owned by Queen Charlotte and appears in the catalogue of the sale of her effects at Christie's on 10 May 1819, as lot 124, 'a capital harpsichord by Rucker of Antwerp, in a japanned case.' It was purchased for £42 by the Prince Regent and sent to Carlton House where it was entered into the Receipts Ledger as: 'A Large Oldfashioned Harpsichord in a Black Japaned and Gold Case. Mounted on 8 Legs. A Book Stand to it with Plated Branches for Two Lights. The Harpsichord by Rucker of Antwerp.'

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Princess Augusta (1768-1840), by Henry Edridge, 1802