Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) as Dido, seated on a funeral pyre, watches the Prince of Wales sail away in a small boat towards a castle flying a flag inscribed 'Windsor'. The wind which fills the ragged sail of the boat appears to be produced by a blast from the mouths of Dundas and Pitt, whose profile heads are on the extreme left. It is directed at Dido's head, and has blown off a royal crown, an orb and sceptre, and a coronet decorated with the Prince of Wales's feathers. With a tragic gesture she holds out in her right hand a mutilated crucifix. Her breast is bare and her girdle of 'Chastity' is broken. At her feet lie emblems of Popery: a sharp-toothed harrow inscribed 'For the conversion of Heretics', shackles, a pair of birch-rods, an axe, a scourge, and a rosary and crucifix. The pyre seems to be made of money-bags (cf. BMSat 7166). The boat is the 'Honor'; the Prince is seated between Fox, who holds the tiller, and Burke, who holds the sail; his arms are folded and he looks over his shoulder at Fox, saying, "I never saw her in my Life". Fox echoes "No, never in all his Life, Damme"; Burke, wearing a Jesuit's biretta (cf. BMSat 6026), says "Never", and North, who sits beside him, apparently asleep, says "No, never". After the title is engraved: 'Sic transit gloria Reginæ'. 21 May 1787
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<p>Print made by: James Gillray
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<dl><dd>Published by: S W Fores</dd></dl></div>
1787<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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