A new Scotch reel altered from the Brunswic minuet & the old Jersey jig, Isaac Cruikshank, 1797

A stout lady wearing a tartan scarf supports the prince of wales, who is tipsily waving a lighted (and broken) candle, towards the open door of a bedroom (right). He is dishevelled, with ungartered stockings; his left arm is round the lady's neck. She holds a full wine-glass whose contents are spilling. Behind the prince's back she snaps her ringers derisively at lady jersey, who enters (left), in under-garments and night-cap, saying, "i'll discover the correspondence in revenge". The scene is a small ante-room between two bedrooms; in it are a table with bottles and glasses at which is an arm-chair. Behind lady jersey (left) is a bed over which is a coronet with the letter 'j', in the other room (right) there is a coronet with the letter 'g' above the bed. Lord jersey's head and shoulders project from under his wife's bed; he looks towards her, saying, "upon my honor i don't think he uses us well after giving me all this trouble for nothing!!" on the wall behind the chair is a circular scrawl indicating a picture inscribed 'd. Manchester'. Above the design: 'a cure for the heart ache!!' 2 february 1797 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1797. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm; Width: 392 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: George IV, King of the United Kingdom. Collection: British Museum. A new Scotch reel altered from the Brunswic minuet & the old Jersey jig (BM 1868,0808.6591)