A New Bravura with a Duett Affettuoso

A New Bravura with a Duett Affettuoso

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Charles Williams

There was a rumored dalliance between the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Elizabeth Billington, who at the time was the lead in Sheridan's opera The Duenna. Here the Prince of Wales, recognizable by the three feathers in his hat, stands between the actress and Mrs. Fitzherbert, whom he had secretly married seven years before. His brother, Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, cautions him and waves a patent medicine that supposedly cured syphilis.
Artist
Charles Williams
(British, active 1801 - 1830)
Title
A New Bravura with a Duett Affettuoso
Date
1802
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 15 1/8 in. image
Credit
Gift of the heirs of William S. Marshall
Accession No.
53.8.5
Classification
Prints
Geography
Great Britain

Related

1953, gifted by the heirs of William S. Marshall to the University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • British Satire from Hogarth to Cruikshank: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/15/2001–11/4/2001

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