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Wedding night, or, The fashonable [sic] frolic / Artifice invt. ; executed by Folly.

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James Phillips

Wedding night, or, The fashonable [sic] frolic / Artifice invt. ; executed by Folly.

Published

[London] : Publish'd by J. Phillips, No. 164 Piccadilly, March 21, 1786.

etching & stipple
image: 226 x 336 mm; plate mark: 253 x 360 mm; sheet: 241 x 340 mm
Peel 2524
Notes
Title etched below image.
"A companion print to BMSat 6924, &c."--British Museum online catalogue.
In lower right corner: Price 2 sh. 6.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

"The Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert, dancing to the fiddle of George Hanger (right), advance towards an open door (left) through which is seen a large bed, the curtains raised; above the pillows are a crown and triple plume. The feathers are repeated on a chamber-pot under the raised valance of the bed. They are more elaborately dressed than in BMSat 6924; their arms are round each other's waists, the Prince holds with his right hand the left hand of Mrs. Fitzherbert. She wears a small crown, with flowers and ribbons, and triple ostrich plume. George Hanger is dressed as in BMSat 6924; he stands in profile to the left, watching the couple fixedly; a bludgeon hangs from his wrist. An open music-book at his feet shows that he is playing the 'Black Joke'. On the floor (left) are an open book, 'Matrimony', and a torn paper, 'Cirtificate'. Over the door is a picture of Cupid with his bow turning away from Danaë receiving the shower of gold."--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated names
Phillips, James, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints