My grandmother, alias the Jersey jig, alias the rival widows., Isaac Cruikshank, 1794

The prince of wales, very stout, sits on a sofa (right) with an aged crone (lady jersey) on his knee, whose breast he fondles, singing: "i've kissed & i've prattled with fifty grand dames and changed them as oft do ye see, but of all the grand mammys that dance on the steine the widow of jersey give me &c &c. " lady jersey takes a pinch of snuff. On the left mrs. Fitzherbert walks off to the left with a tragic gesture, her right hand to her forehead, in her left she holds out a deed inscribed '6000 pr an'. She exclaims: "was it for this paltry consideration i sacrificed my - my - my - ? for this only i submitted to to - to - oh shame for ever on my ruin'd greatness!!!" drapery hangs from her head, and a cross is suspended from a necklace on her (uncovered) breast. On the wall is a bust portrait of the prince wearing beard and draperies as 'solomon', inscribed, 'and solomon had 300 wives and 700 concubines'. 26 august 1794 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1794. Dimensions: Height: 245 mm; Width: 350 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Maria Anne Fitzherbert. Collection: British Museum. My grandmother, alias the Jersey jig, alias the rival widows. (BM 1868,0808.6360)