The free Regency
[London] : Pubd Jany 1789 by J Bradshaw Coventry Street, [1789]
A companion print to BMSat 7486 ("The restricted regency").
Library's copy trimmed and cropped, with loss of caption title and imprint.
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
The Prince of Wales, very handsome and regal, sits on a throne (right) in profile to the left, extending a graciously admonitory hand towards the Frenchman and Spaniard of BMSat 7486, who kneel abjectly at his feet. On his left hand, and on the extreme right, stand Fox and Burke. The head of a third man between them may be intended for Sheridan. On the Prince's right hand stand (?) Portland, Loughborough, and a third person, impossible to identify. On the extreme left three persons hurry from the audience-chamber: Pitt, looking over his shoulder, walks between the Queen and (?) Richmond. In an alcove is a statue of Justice, blindfolded, her scales evenly balanced. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.