TITLE: The Orangerie; - or - the Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of Planting / Js. Gy. inv: et fect. CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 8822 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-8765 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: William V, Prince of Orange, as a fat, naked Cupid, reclining on a platform of grass and flowers and leaning on a bag of money marked 24,000,000 ducats. In the foreground are a number of orange plants with each orange bearing the likeness of the prince. In the background, as if in a dream, are many heavily pregnant women: a milkmaid, a fishmonger, a house maid, and many farm women. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : H. Humphrey, 1796 Septr 16th. CREATOR: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver. NOTES: Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8822 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. SUBJECTS: William--V,--Prince of Orange,--1748-1806. Illegitimacy--1790-1800. Pregnancy--1790-1800. Dreaming--1790-1800. FORMAT: Etchings Hand-colored 1790-1800.Cartoons (Commentary) British 1790-1800. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g08765 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g08765 CONTROL #: 2001695087
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