Design for a Regency

July 8, 1830

Not on view

This satire, published during the reign of William IV, imagines the power structure should Princess Victoria inherit the crown as a child. Her mother, the Duchess of Kent, sits on a throne holding the orb and looking at Victoria on the knee of her uncle Prince Leopold (the duchess's brother). In a Council Chamber at right the Duke of Wellington presides saying "As president of the Council—who shall gainsay me—," supported by armed grenadier guards, with William IV in an inconspicuous position.

Artwork Details

Title: Design for a Regency
Artist: William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead)
Subject: Victoria, Duchess of Kent (Coburg, Germany 1786–1861 Windsor)
Subject: Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865)
Subject: Princess Alexandrina Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
Subject: William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (British, 1765–1837)
Subject: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British, 1769–1852)
Date: July 8, 1830
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 1/8 in. (26 × 35.8 cm)
Plate (partly trimmed): 10 × 14 1/8 in. (25.4 × 35.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Object Number: 2014.757.5(4)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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