Enchantments lately seen upon the mountains of Wales - or - Shon ap-Morgan's reconcilement to the fairy princess
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Enchantments lately seen upon the mountains of Wales - or - Shon ap-Morgan's reconcilement to the fairy princess

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 · June 30, 1796

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

On a small plateau on the top of a mountain the Princess of Wales (left) reaches up to kiss the Prince of Wales (right), who has the body, horns, and beard of a fat goat. He kneels on one knee, his forelegs round her waist. Her arms are round his neck. A star and ribbon are indicated on his body. She wears her coronet with three tall feathers, and her draperies swirl about her. In the middle distance are two rocky pinnacles. On one (left) three men dance hand in hand: Loughborough in back view wearing his Chancellor's wig and gown, the Duke of York wearing a cocked hat and his star, and Lord Cholmondeley. From the other, Lady Jersey (with the arms and legs of a goat) staggers backwards, she has horns, and three feathers fall from her head. Lord Jersey, with the body of a goat and long horns, is about to fall. They are being hurled from the rock by thunderbolts inscribed with the King's well-known phrase. The words issue from heavy clouds, showing that it is the King who has overthrown them. Behind them is the sea with a small island flying a flag (BM). / A satire on the resignation of Lady Jersey (on 25 June) and the supposed reconciliation of the Prince and Princess. It was announced in the papers that, owing to the intervention of the King and the good offices of the Duke of York and Lord and Lady Cholmondeley, the Prince had returned to Carlton House and dined with the Princess (BM).

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