The auspicious marriage! [graphic]

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Title: The auspicious marriage! [graphic]
Contributor: Hamilton, Archibald, -1792, publisher.
Published / Created: [December 1778]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: A. Hamilton, Jr.
Abstract: "A woman, fashionably dressed, is being led to the altar of Hymen by a youth. The altar is decorated with a mask and chains. Hymen, who stands on the altar, draws a veil over her face, holding her torch downwards. On the ground is a sleeping cupid. Behind the bride is a house, inscribed 'Alfred House'; on the ground at her feet are books, the cap and staff of Liberty (which she is treading under foot), an inkpot and pen. This symbolizes the marriage of Mrs. Catherine Macaulay, aged 57, with William Graham, aged 21, the younger brother of James Graham the quack doctor. Alfred House (2 Alfred Street, Bath) had been presented to her by Dr. Thomas Wilson; on her marriage he wished to eject her from it. She is here represented as throwing aside her historical writings and her patriotic zeal for an unnatural marriage."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title from text above image.
Publication information from that of the periodical in which the print was issued.
Illustration from: Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 10 (December 1778), page 623.
Date given in British Museum catalogue: 1 January 1779.
Mounted to 23 x 14 cm.
Bound in after page 14 in Lord Rosebery's extra-illustrated copy of: Burn, J.S. History of the Fleet marriages. London : Rivingtons [etc.], 1834.
Provenance: Volume formerly owned by Lord Rosebery and heavily extra-illustrated by him. Sold at Sotheby's, May 1933 (Rosebery sale). Thorp; August 1939.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 11.8 x 10.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English