Lot 1532
JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
THE BRIDAL NIGHT
Etching with hand colouring, published by H. Humphrey, 1797
28.5 x 44cm.;
with `The Kitchen of a French Post House`, etching by H, Bunbury, 1771, 38 x 41.5cm.; and `An Early Lesson of Marching` by Thomas Rowlandson, 20.5 x 33.5cm. (3)
* The Gillray subject lampoons the wedding of The Princess Royal and The Prince of Wurttemberg on May 17th 1797. The etching was published on the day after the wedding itself.
