thehistoryofheaviness: 1828 print, Sir John Falstaff & the Merry Wives of Windsor King George IV
thehistoryofheaviness: 1828 print, Sir John Falstaff & the Merry Wives of Windsor King George IV, dressed as Falstaff, walks in Windsor Park, between Miss Chester (Mistress Page) and Lady Conyngham (Mistress Ford). The King looks sideways at Lady Conyngham, saying, I am here a Windsor Stag; and the fattest I think i’ the forest— Divide me like a bribe-buck, each a haunch, And—my horns I bequeath to your husband!” Miss Chester leans both arms on the King’s right arm, her fingers laced, and gazes at him, saying, “Oh! sweet Sir John!” Lady Conyngham takes his left arm, and looks up at him, saying, “I will never take you for my love again, but will always count you my deer!” -- source link