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Title	A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
Imprint	[London] (41 Piccadilly) : Messrs Fores ([London], 22 Denmark St. Soho : W. Kohler)

Access	Location Shelfmark	Availability
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Physical description	1 print : lithograph
Lettering note	Dialogue includes: "What do you want a drop? Hic. - why you little toper! Hic - I wonder who you take after? Hic - not your hic - daddy, I'm sure! Hic - I'll make you a spirited heir apparent. Hic - ha! ha! ha" says the drunken wet-nurse. Queen Victoria exclaims: "Teaching His Royal Highness to drink, as I'm alive !!!!", Prince Albert adds: "Ah my loaf I was mean him to be one temperance Prince of de Wales!"
Cite as	Wellcome Library no. 17727i
Lettering	Royal dry nursing extraordinary.
Topic-LCSH	Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
	Ethics.
	Kings and rulers.
	Manners and customs.
	Cradles.
	Wet nurses.
	Infants.
Subject name	Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
	Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861.
	Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910.
Genre/Technique	Caricatures.
	Lithographs.
Copy photo no.	L 16701
	V 15104
System no.	.b11756081
Record no.	17727i