A breakfast-table scene: mrs. Fitzherbert seated (right) flings the contents of a coffee-cup in the face of the prince of wales (left), who has risen from, and overturned, his chair. He walks away from the table, looking at her, and saying, "i am foold to the top of my bent". He wears a military coat with epaulettes and a star. Mrs. Fitzherbert wears a morning gown with a large frilled cap; she sits at a small rectangular table on which is a circular tray with a coffee-pot, &c. Behind it is a blazing fire; the centre of the carving on the chimney-piece is a satyr's head. The carved oval backs of the two chairs are formed of the prince's feathers. On each side of the wall, on the extreme left and right, is part of a window. 8 december 1789. Hand-coloured etching. Date: 1789. Dimensions: Height: 237 mm; Width: 351 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: George IV, King of the United Kingdom. Collection: British Museum. Grounds of fortune telling or the princely repast. (BM 1868,0808.5895)
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