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

Published/Created:
[London]
Publish'd by J. Phillips, No. 164 Piccadilly
March 21, 1786
Copyright Date:
March 21, 1786.
Physical Description:
1 print : etching & stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.3 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 28.3 x 37.7 cm
Related Links:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6 , no. 6928
Notes:
Title etched below image.
In lower right corner: Price 2 sh. 6.
Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages -- Pictures amplify subject -- Emblem: Ostrich feathers for Prince of Wales -- Music books -- Song: 'The Black Joke' --Furniture -- Bed -- Chamber pot --Military uniforms --Colonel's uniform, Light Infantry -- Musical instruments -- Violin -- Danae -- Mythological characters -- Cupid -- Lighting: Chandelier -- Dancers -- Crowns -- Sticks: Bludgeon.
Old Print Shop; June 1961; Acquisitions no.: 961-6-1-15.
On verso in pencil: George T. Stubbs attrib. by J. Riely, 7-29-83.
Abstract:
"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 DanaeĢˆ receiving the shower of gold."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant Titles:
Wedding night, or, The fashionable frolic
Fashonable frolic
Fashionable frolic
Associated Names:
Phillips, James (Bookseller) [Publisher]
Topics:
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Harvey, Francis
Riviere & Son
Language:
English
Genre:
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1786
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1786
Stipple engravings -- England -- London -- 1786
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
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Call Number:
786.03.21.02+
Orbis Record:
7692170
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr05937
Volume/Enumeration:
Digital version
OID:
10728091
PID:
digcoll:552481