Marriage Morning.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 11/16 x 8 1/2in. (29.7 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 3/16 x 13 7/16in. (46.2 x 34.1cm)

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Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA young man and a young woman stand in the interior of a dining room. The man wears a coat, vest, shirt, necktie, trousers, and shoes. He holds his hat in his hand. The woman wears a dress and a veil. A flower, probably a rose, is at her throat. She holds a handkerchief in her left hand. The left hand of the woman and the right hand of the man are joined. Breakfast dishes, including a teapot, a coffee pot, eggcups, plates, and silverware, are on a round table covered with a tablecloth. A woman holding a fan and a bald man with eyeglasses holding a quill pen are seated at the table. Two young men or boys stand behind them. A middle-aged woman wearing a cap is in the left background. She holds a tray containing a decanter and two glasses. A framed picture, probably an oil painting, hangs from a long cord with two tassels. A church steeple is visible through a window in the right background, partially hidden by fringed drapery.

Object number1995.182.133

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image: "MARRIAGE MORNING. / In silence we young folks soon nodded consent, ' Hand in hand to the church to be married we went, / Where we answer'd the parson in voices so small / Love, Honour, obey, and a-nothing at all. / 374."
On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper left, "B[ox] 7 / #16"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 15" and accession number.NotesSubject Note: The verses beneath the image are from a song entitled "Nothing at All" or "Derry Down Dale." Versions appear on British broadsides from the first half of the 19th cenutry. (Finlay 4/17/2006)

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