Fording the Jordan, William Dent, 1791

The duke of clarence, in naval uniform, stands immersed to the waist in the contents of a large, cracked, chamber-pot. Mrs. Jordan, scantily draped, reclines lasciviously, as if painted on the pot, on one edge of which she puts her hand. He says "i shall be lost in the jordan"; she says, looking up at him, "where should a wounded tar be but in the cockpit?" the pot is inscribed "1000l a year for the use of the jordan. " 8 november 1791 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1791. Dimensions: Height: 297 mm; Width: 240 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: William IV, King of the United Kingdom. Collection: British Museum. Fording the Jordan (BM 1868,0808.6119)