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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 1838644, member: 1476"]The portrait is Mrs. Mary Robinson (Perdita) by Thomas Gainsbourgh (1727-1788.) It's an oil on canvas work painted in 1781. The original is in the Wallace Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><i>"The seventeen-year-old Prince of Wales (later George IV) became infatuated with Mrs Robinson (1758–1800) in 1779 on seeing her as Perdita in 'The Winter’s Tale' at the Drury Lane Theatre. ‘Perdita’, as she was thereafter nicknamed, became his first mistress. Towards the end of 1780, the Prince abandoned her for a rival, and she spent the following eight months struggling to persuade him to honour his obligations." </i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Debora</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]242196[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 1838644, member: 1476"]The portrait is Mrs. Mary Robinson (Perdita) by Thomas Gainsbourgh (1727-1788.) It's an oil on canvas work painted in 1781. The original is in the Wallace Collection. [SIZE=3][I]"The seventeen-year-old Prince of Wales (later George IV) became infatuated with Mrs Robinson (1758–1800) in 1779 on seeing her as Perdita in 'The Winter’s Tale' at the Drury Lane Theatre. ‘Perdita’, as she was thereafter nicknamed, became his first mistress. Towards the end of 1780, the Prince abandoned her for a rival, and she spent the following eight months struggling to persuade him to honour his obligations." [/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Debora [ATTACH=full]242196[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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