The wedding day [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The wedding day [graphic]
- Creator
- Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
- Published / Created
- published June 28, 1827.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"The fat, moustached, Duchess of St. Albans and the slim Duke dance with vigour and agility, each poised on the left toe, arms interlaced, and hands meeting above their heads. From the Duchess's small coronet rise giant ostrich feathers which curve above the heads of both and above which a big ducal coronet is suspended. He sings: My Wife shall dance, And I will sing so merry we'll pass this day. She: For I hold it one of the wisest things to drive dull care away. The musicians are two cynical cupids; one (left) sits on large sacks of sovereigns inscribed Cash; coins pour from a slit in a sack and lie on the carpet with a banker's money-scoop. He fiddles: Money in both pockets. The other (right), seated on the apex of a huge melon from which a slice has been cut, plays bagpipes: And auld Robin Gray [Coutts] was a gued Old Man to me! with variations."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to/within plate mark.
A faint impression on the verso. - Provenance
- Purchased from Bernard Quaritch; April 2017.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26 x 36 cm, on sheet 26.8 x 37 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 827.06.28.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1827
Etchings England London 1827 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837
St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849 - Subject (Topic)
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Bagpipes
Coins
Couples
Cupids
Dance
Melons
Musicians
Violins
Weddings
Wedding clothing & dress - Subjects
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St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bagpipes
Coins
Couples
Cupids
Dance
Melons
Musicians
Violins
Weddings
Wedding clothing & dress
England > 1827
England > London > 1827
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13131008
- Object ID (OID)
- 16227156