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TITLE:Three weeks after marriage

CALL NUMBER:PC 3 - 1786 - Three weeks after marriage (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsca-04311 (digital file from original)
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SUMMARY:Print shows a man standing on the left offering portraits of "new passions" to George, Prince of Wales, who is seated on a sofa beneath portraits of "The Perdita" and "The Armstead"; the man tells George that "The originals have been carefully tried, and are in fine order for your H--s, as for Fitz - she must put up with my Comfits, for you know, your H--s, you may have twenty such wives." George, meanwhile, holds portraits of "new beauties" and a "list of com...able wives widows and crackt maids ... Wel-e purveyor." A copy of "Uncle Morgan''s Frolics, second edition, lies open on the sofa, a sheet "variety is charming" has fallen to the floor. On the right, stands Maria Fitzherbert who exclaims "Confusion! have I been [...]-up with a mock-marriage..."; at her feet, open to the title page, is "Who''s the Dupe."

MEDIUM:1 print : etching ; 27.9 x 38.8 cm. (sheet)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[London] : Pub''d. as the Act directs, for the proprietor by J. Nunn, Queen Street, 1786 April 10th.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Paper watermarked with design over "GR".

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

SUBJECTS:

George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837.
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800.
Relations between the sexes--England--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 04311

CARD #:2003689153





Pop Art Machine Code: ppmsca-04300-04311


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