A scene in the honey moon, or, Conjugal felicity [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A scene in the honey moon, or, Conjugal felicity [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Scene in the honeymoon
Conjugal felicity - Creator
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Contributor
- McLean, T. publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1828?]
- Publication Place
- London and England London
- Publisher
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
- Abstract
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"The Duke (left) and Duchess of St. Albans stand facing each other; the little Duke staggering under an ornamental basket which supports a side of bacon, inscribed Best Wiltshire. The Duchess holds on her shoulder a cutter in which are seated six oarsmen with oars held erect, and a helmsman. The Duke is dressed as Grand Falconer (see British Museum Satires No. 15596) and wears a hood with bells indicating both a fool's cap and the hood and bells of falconry. Two speeches float from his head: [1] "In love connubial, formed to live and last, This gift records a blissful twelvemonth past We claim, then boldly claim the flitch Dunmow First of the blest, who keep the marriag Vow". [2] I thought the flitch to small a present on this auspicious day so I have brought the Gammon with it Love. The Duchess answers: Thanks for your Bacon Duke well have you Saved it - and in return accept of this small Testimony of my affection. She wears Court dress, coronet, and feathers. The boatmen wear yellow and green liveries, and on the prow is a falcon's head; the back of the seat in the stern is decorated with a falcon perched on a melon resting on a heap of sovereigns. In the foreground are spectators: on the left the Dukes of Cumberland (wearing his hat) and Sussex stand together with Prince Leopold behind them; on the right is Sir Francis Burdett (son-in-law of Coutts), very thin, surprised, and displeased. In the background are other spectators, their heads concealed by the boat, and on the right a group of singers, some in Tyrolean costume, with (?) Braham and Miss Stephens; they sing: a boat a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Print signed using William Heath's device: character of Paul Pry, a man with an umbrella.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are dialy [sic] pub. the largest assortment of any house in town.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Provenance
- Justin Croft; June 2020.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26.1 x 38 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 828.00.00.115+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1828
Etchings England London 1828
Artists' devices - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Braham, John, 1774-1856
Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882 - Subject (Topic)
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Marriage
Spouses
Baskets
Bacon
Boats
Rowers
Spectators - Subjects
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St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849 > Caricatures and cartoons
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851 > Caricatures and cartoons
Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843 > Caricatures and cartoons
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
Braham, John, 1774-1856 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882 > Caricatures and cartoons
Marriage
Spouses
Baskets
Bacon
Boats
Rowers
Spectators
England > 1828
England > London > 1828
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
- 15376513
- Object ID (OID)
- 17324479