[The wedding of the Marquis of Granby] / to the most noble the Marquis of Granby, and his fair Marchioness, this plate is humbly inscribed by their most devoted servant the editor.

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[The wedding of the Marquis of Granby] / to the most noble the Marquis of Granby, and his fair Marchioness, this plate is humbly inscribed by their most devoted servant the editor.
etching & engraving
image: 109 x 179 mm; sheet: 121 x 181 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2612
Published: 
[London] : [publisher not identified], [February 1776]
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes: 

Title from British Museum catalogue.
Place of publication from that of the London magazine.
Print from the London Magazine, September 1769, page 393 (facing), where it appears with the accompanying description: Beauty and Modesty, accompanied by the Goddess of Truth, Cupid and the Graces, invited by Virtue in the form of Hercules, to sacrifice at the altar of Hymen, whilst Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom, destroys the Evil Daemon of Envy and Discord.
"London mag., Feby. 1776"--Above image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of text above image.

Summary: 

Allegorical wedding scene of a draped female accompanied by 3 other women and lead to a circular altar by Cupid, her hand clasped by Hercules. Truth holds up a mirror, while a helmeted Minerva bearing a shield spears a fallen figure holding a snake and serpent. Near the altar stands a bearded priest and his attendants. Issued in honot of the wedding of Charles Manner, the Duke of Rutland, and Lady Mary Isabella Somerset.

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Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints