One of a set of prints on the suspected marriage of the Prince of Wales, see BMSats 6924, 6942, &amp;c. The scene is the churchyard of a country church, a Gothic building partly visible on the extreme right Mrs. Fitzherbert (right), in a riding-habit and a large feathered hat, leads the Prince (left) towards the church door; in her left hand is a riding-switch and a padlock with a chain. She turns to him, saying:
<p><br><br>"Oh! fie my dear, let's go unto the Alter;
<br>And then you know our conscience cannot falter."
<br><br>The Prince, in riding-dress, looks towards her, but holds out his hat towards a flat gravestone, on which his right foot rests, saying:
<br><br>"'Twas there the famous Catherine W-----[Wade]
<br>And the more famous Taylor laid:
<br>Who after strugling hours two;
<br>Yielded their breath: let's do so too."
<br><br>The tombstone is inscribed:
<br><br>'Here on this Stone were laid
<br>Tom Stitch and Kitty W . . . .
<br>'Twos here they languishd here they sigh'd
<br>And here dear Souls they Four times died,'  3 April 1786
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<br>Hand-coloured etching
1786<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1786-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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