After Dr Russell's death in 1759, his house was let to seasonal visitors including the brother of George III the Duke of Cumberland in 1771. On 7 September 1783 the Prince of Wales, later the Prince Regent, visited his uncle, whose taste for gaming and high life matched his own. The Prince's subsequent patronage of the town for the next forty years was central to the rapid growth of the town and the transition of the fishing village of "Brighthelmston" to the modern town of "Brighton". Rex Whistler's famous cheeky satire "The Prince Regent Awakens the Spirit of Brighton" is on view at the Brighton Pavilion.