In 1792 James Gilroy painted a portrait called, “A Voluptuary in the Horrors of Digestion.” A Voluptuary is someone who overindulges in luxurious things. He cares more about himself and his pleasures. The prince of whales is sitting in a chair after eating a large feast, This prince will possibly be king someday. The following criteria to being a good king is to be presentable,good with money,and also ambitious.The prince would not be a good king.
The first criteria to being a good king is to be presentable and to be someone who cares about their appearance. The king doesn't care about what he looks like, in the picture it shows him picking his teeth with a fork. Another thing noticed in the picture is that his jacket buttons are either popped from possibly eating too much or he doesn't care that they are unbuttoned. If you pick your teeth with a fork it …show more content…
The picture shows he has a book full of debts and names for the money that he owes people., he also has a pair of dice laying near the books with the debts. This means that the prince gambles a lot if he has a book full of debts, he may never pay them back either. Usually if a someone is good with money they would have a book full of names and debt, also having gambling dice laying right by the book. With the evidence showed in the picture you can conclude that the prince is a gambler.
Finally, The last criteria given is being ambitious, to be a good king you need to be ambitious. The picture shows him sitting in a chair, but what you really notice is the overflowing chamber pot by the chair next to him. You can tell from the picture that the prince is very lazy, he puts it by the table because it saves time for him to keep eating instead of actually getting up. Not getting up just to dump your chamber pot is not being ambitious at all. You can tell from the picture that the prince is not ambitious because of the evidence from the