The royal exhibition, or a peep at the marriage heads PC 3 -...

CALL NUMBER:PC 3 - 1786--Royal exhibition, or ... (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsca-04310 (digital file from original)
LC-USZ62-132978 (b&w film copy neg.)
No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:Print shows a rear view of Maria Anne Fitzherbert and the Prince of Wales as bride and groom, they are connected by a ribbon on which is written "honi soit qui mal y pense"; two figures, also rear views, look on, "Courage alamode" from the left and "Marriage alamode" from the right. Three rear view portraits hang on the wall in the background, from left, "Justice Midas" with the ears of a donkey, "Nuptial Father" (the Pope), and as "High Priest" Edmund Burke.

MEDIUM:1 print : etching ; 25 x 35.3 cm. (plate), 27.6 x 39.2 cm. (sheet)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[London] : Pub''d ... by J. Carter, Oxford Street, 1786 May 29th.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Paper watermarked: JWhatman. DLC

Attributed to William Dent.

Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

SUBJECTS:

George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Marriage.
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837--Marriage.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Royal weddings--England--1780-1790.
Buttocks--1780-1790.
Faces--1780-1790.

FORMAT:

Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.
Etchings British 1780-1790.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from original) ppmsca 04310
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c32978

CARD #:2003674096

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3c30000-3c32000-3c32900-3c32978


LOC 1164637