File:The follies of a day or the marriage of Figaro. (BM J,4.104).jpg
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[edit]The follies of a day or the marriage of Figaro.
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Attributed to: James Wicksteed
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| Title |
The follies of a day or the marriage of Figaro. |
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English: One of a set of prints by one or more artists on the marriage of the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert. The interior of a well-furnished room. The Prince of Wales (left) takes the hand of Mrs. Fitzherbert and is about to put the ring on her finger. The officiating minister (left), Weltje, stands in profile to the right holding a book inscribed 'Matrimony' and 'Hoyle's Games'. From his pocket issues a paper, 'Weltjie's Natn Bill'. A cork-screw and another implement hang from his waist by a jewelled chain, simulating a rosary and cross; he wears a long gown over fashionably cut clothes. Next Mrs. Fitzherbert (right) stands George Hanger, giving her away; he wears regimentals with a huge cocked hat; under his left arm is a bludgeon (cf. BMSat 7116). The Prince wears the insignia of the Garter, Mrs. Fitzherbert (poorly characterized) wears a triple ostrich plume in her hair with the motto 'Ich dien'. On the wall are two pictures: a three quarter length portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, and (right) a Leda and the Swan, partly concealed by a curtain which fills the upper right corner of the design. Beneath the Leda is a semicircular table on which are vases and a book, 'Love's Last Shift' (Cibber's play). A hanging candelabra is part of the design. 13 March 1786
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Maria Anne Fitzherbert | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1786 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prints and Drawings |
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| Accession number |
J,4.104 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) The very secret marriage took place in Mrs. Fitzherbert's drawing-room in Park Street, 15 Dec. 1785, in the presence of her brother and uncle. See Wilkins, 'Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV', 1908, i. 96 ff. The suspected marriage became the talk of the town. Walpole writes, 10 Feb. 1786: 'Oh but the hubbub you are to hear and to talk of, and except which you are to talk of nothing else, for they tell me the passengers in the streets, of all ranks, talk of it. . . .' 'Letters', xiii. 363. For the contradictory reports see Orde to Rutland, 16 May 1786. 'Hist. MSS. Comm., Rutland Papers', iii. 300. From this time for some years Hanger figures prominently among satires of the Prince's boon companions, and Weltje (see BMSat 5888), important at Carlton House, is a favourite subject in lampoons and satires against the Prince and the Whigs. Hanger's dress, that of a major in the Prussian service, worn with a huge Kevenhuller hat, caused amusement when first seen at court (1782). Huish, 'Memoirs of George III', 1831, pp. 98-9. The print appears in BMSat 6961. The title is from Holcroft's 'The Follies of a Day, or, the Marriage of Figaro', an adaptation of Beaumarchais' play, produced 14 Dec. 1784 at Covent Garden with great success. Angelo describes this print, attributing it (as The Marriage of Figaro) to Wicksteed, 'a celebrated seal-engraver in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden'. 'Reminiscences', 1904, i. 329. He attributes 'The Follies of a Day' to Austin (ibid., p. 331), whose manner it does not resemble. See also BMSat 6927, 6928, 6929, 6937, 6941, 6942, 6943, 6944, 7143. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_J-4-104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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