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

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Wedding night, or, The fashonable [sic] frolic / Artifice invt. ; executed by Folly.
etching & stipple
image: 226 x 336 mm; plate mark: 253 x 360 mm; sheet: 241 x 340 mm
Peel 2524
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[London] : Publish'd by J. Phillips, No. 164 Piccadilly, March 21, 1786.
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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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.

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.

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