Epithalamia Oxoniensia sive gratulationes in augustissimi regis Georgii III. et illustrissimae principissae Sophiae Charlottae nuptias auspicatissimas
Medium
Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions
15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number
41.100.38
Art Historical Context
This elegant volume, *Epithalamia Oxoniensia*, was published in 1761 by Oxford University’s Clarendon Press to mark the marriage of King George III and Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburgrelitz. The Latin title, translating roughly as “Oxford Wedding Songs,” signals its purpose as a collection of congratulatory poems by scholars including Joseph Spence, James Merrick, and Thomas Warton. Such books were traditional academic tributes, blending literary praise with royal celebration during a moment of national renewal at the start of George III’s reign. The illustrations, executed in etching and e...
About the Artist
Clarendon Press|Joseph Spence|James Merrick|Thomas Warton|Johann Sebastian Müller|Oxford University|George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Charlotte, Queen of England (British|British|British|British|German|British|British|British) · 1700 |1699 |1720 |1728 |1715 |1450 |1738 |1744 –2050 |1768 |1769 |1790 |1790 |3000 |1820 |1818
British, Oxford|British, Kingsclere, Hampshire 1699–1768 Byfleet, Surrey|British, 1720–1769|British, Basingstoke, Hampshire 1728–1790 Trinity College, Oxford|German, Nuremberg 1715–1790 London| |British, London 1738–1820 Windsor|1744–1818