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The MORNING after MARRIAGE

__ or __ A scene on the Continent

Wright & Evans Description | British Museum Description

Engraving from the 1851 Bohn edition
Originally Published April 5th 1788
19 3/8"w x 15 1/2"h

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33. THE MORNING AFTER MARRIAGE; OR, A SCENE ON THE CONTINENT.
April 5th, 1788.

PRINCE OF WALES. MRS. PITZIIERBERT.

A sequel to the foregoing print.

British Museum Description by M. Dorothy George (More ...)

7298 THE MORNING AFTER MARRIAGE -- OR -- A SCENE ON THE CONTINENT.
Plenipo Georgy fecit. [Gillray.]
Pub^d April 5^th 1788. by W. Holland N^o 50 Oxford Str^t

A sequel to No. 6932 which was reissued 27 March 1788. The final figure of the date appears to have been altered from 6 to 8. The Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert in the bedroom of a French inn; a maidservant enters (l.) with a tea-tray. The Prince, yawning and stretching with a dissipated air, is seated on the edge of a table; the revelry of the past night is indicated by an overturned decanter, broken wineglass, and a broken candle. Another candlestick and broken wine-glass lie on the ground, together with the Prince's top-boots. He wears slippers and his stockings are ungartered, the honi soit qui mal y [pense] ribbon hanging round his leg. Mrs. Fitzherbert, seated on the bed, draws on a stocking; her garter inscribed Fox lies on the ground ... The bed is heavily draped with fringed curtains. The Prince's feathered hat hangs on the wall.