The royal exhibition, or a peep at the marriage heads, British Cartoon Print
Summary
Print shows a rear view of Maria Anne Fitzherbert and the Prince of Wales as bride and groom, they are connected by a ribbon on which is written "honi soit qui mal y pense"; two figures, also rear views, look on, "Courage alamode" from the left and "Marriage alamode" from the right. Three rear view portraits hang on the wall in the background, from left, "Justice Midas" with the ears of a donkey, "Nuptial Father" (the Pope), and as "High Priest" Edmund Burke.
Paper watermarked: JWhatman.
Attributed to William Dent.
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Tags
Date
01/01/1786
Location
Old England
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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