A Strath spey or new Highland reel as danced at Seaton d-l. [delaval], Isaac Cruikshank, 1790

A bedroom scene, the bed-curtains drawn aside to show a lady in bed (right), starting up in alarm, a lover in a nightshirt crawls under the bed. The husband (or ? the duke of york), wearing a cocked hat and regimentals, stands (left), a closed door behind him, right arm extended, left hand on his heart, clutching his coat. He says "i'll be d--d for a cocu if that long ram has not been tuping my little ewe an infamous trick on nell [tyrconnel]". On the bed is an open book inscribed 'notoriety'. Above it hangs a placard: 'strictures on the cross breed of a scotch ram with an irish ewe'. The lover says "my mither did sa before me"; he overturns a chamberpot over a bust portrait of the duke of york. On a small round table by the foot of the bed are writing-materials; a pen lies on a paper on which 'your r h------s' and 'your grace' have been struck through and replaced by 'my lord'. A hat, coat, and breeches lie on the floor. Below the title is etched: 'in a few days will be publish'd ld t--ls observation on excessive damages dedicated to the d--e of y---'. 29 december [1790] etching. Date: 1790. Dimensions: Height: 274 mm; Width: 362 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany and Bishop of Osnabrück, . Collection: British Museum. A Strath spey or new Highland reel as danced at Seaton d-l. (delaval) (BM 1868,0808.5984)