A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, July 2, 1792, Hand-colored etching, sheet: 14 3/8 x 11 9/16 in. (36.5 x 29.3 cm), Prints, James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756–1815 London), Gillray’s famously brutal caricature of George, Prince of Wales encapsulates the effects of uncontrolled self-indulgence upon the heir to the British throne. Sprawled in his chair after a lavish meal, the prince picks his teeth with a meat fork; his lack of gentility is underscored by the over-flowing chamber pot at his elbow used to anchor unpaid bills
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Voluptuary Under, Horrors, Digestion, July 2, 1792, Hand-colored etching, sheet, 14 3/8 x 11 9/16, 36.5 29.3 cm, Prints, James Gillray, British, Chelsea, 1756–1815, London, Gillray, famously, brutal, caricature, George, Prince, Wales encapsulates, effects, uncontrolled self-indulgence, upon, heir, British throne, Sprawled, chair, lavish meal, prince picks, teeth, meat fork, lack, gentility, underscored, -flowing chamber, pot, elbow, anchor unpaid, bills
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