Oh fie!!!, Robert Seymour, 1831

A scene in the abbey, the ceremonial of the queen's anointing. The archbishop stands in the foreground looking slyly to the left and holding the (vulture-like) dove and the anointing-spoon. Behind him are two other bishops. Farther from the picture-plane and on the right the queen kneels on a cushion, attended by two of her ladies who bare her breast. She turns aside her head. Her other ladies press and peer behind her chair and from the peeresses' gallery just behind, other ladies look down, or hide their eyes as if shocked. Sep 14 1831 lithograph. Date: 1831. Dimensions: Height: 244 mm (image); Width: 330 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Adelaide, Queen of William IV. Collection: British Museum. Oh fie!!! (BM 1868,0808.9391)