Wife & no wife, or, A trip to the Continent [graphic] / design'd by Carlo Khan.
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Description
- Title
- Wife & no wife, or, A trip to the Continent [graphic] / design'd by Carlo Khan.
- Alternative Title
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Trip to the Continent
Wife and no wife - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,--1756-1837--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hanger, George,--1751?-1824--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Weltje, Louis,--1745-1810--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1788 March 27
- Copyright Date
- March 27, 1788.
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Strt.
- Abstract
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"The interior of a large church or cathedral. Burke, dressed as a Jesuit (cf. BMSat 6026), standing within a low, semicircular wall at the foot of a crucifix, marries the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert. The Prince is about to put the ring on her finger. Fox gives her away, holding her left wrist. Beside him (right) stands Weltje in back view but looking to the left at the ceremony. A napkin is under his left arm, bottles project from his coat-pockets, and the tags on his shoulder denote the liveried manservant. To the left of Fox appears the profile of George Hanger. On the left North sits, leaning against the altar wall, sound asleep, his legs outstretched. He wears his ribbon but is dressed as a coachman, his hat and whip beside him. All the men wear top-boots to suggest a runaway match. Behind the Prince in a choir seat is a row of kneeling monks who are chanting the marriage service. The crucifix is partly covered by a curtain, but the legs and feet are painfully distorted as in BMSat 6026. On the wall and pillars of the church are four framed pictures: 'David watching Bathsheba bathing', 'St. Anthony tempted by monsters', 'Eve tempting Adam with the apple', and 'Judas kissing Christ', the last being over the head of Fox."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition.
- Description
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Companion print to: "The morning after marriage, or, A scene on the Continent."
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Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally issued with the publication line: Publish'd by Willm. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane, London, March 27, 1786. Cf. No. 6932 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires v. 6.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriage of Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert -- Allusion to Bible stories: Adam and Eve -- Allusion to Bible stories: David and Bathsheba -- Allusion to Bible stories: St. Anthony tempted by monsters -- Allusion to Bible stories: Judas kissing Christ.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 37 x 47 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1788.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1786.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1788. - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,--1756-1837--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hanger, George,--1751?-1824--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Weltje, Louis,--1745-1810--Caricatures and cartoons.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 32
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 95
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8070596
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859210