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  • A celebration party is given in honour of a newly-married couple. Engraving by B. Picart after himself.
  • Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • A horse-drawn carriage has arrived at a church in a poor part of a town: a newly wed couple walk down the steps towards it as the coachman holds the door open and spectators stand by. Lithograph by C. Motte after V. Adam.
  • The wise virgins take their lamps to the newly married couple; the foolish virgins sleep. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after D.H. Friston.
  • A young woman has the laces of her bodice loosened by her new husband on their wedding night. Coloured lithograph by Bettannier brothers, 1851, after L.-F. Corréard.
  • A newly-wed couple (Barkis and Clara Peggotty) set off in a cart from the beach, accompanied by David Copperfield and Emily: Mr Peggotty tries to persuade Mrs Gummidge to throw a shoe after them. Etching by Hablot K. Browne, 1849.
  • Two groups of bridesmaids wait by a bridge: one with candles, the other dejectedly staring at the ground; representing the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Etching by X. Steifensand after J.F. Overbeck, 1844.
  • A wedding in Brittany: the women of the family adjust the young bride's dress as music is played and the groom and guests wait on the stairs to enter the room. Etching by C.O. Murray after Henry Mosler.
  • The "Aldobrandini wedding": a group of women prepare a young bride for her marriage. Engraving by A. Mochetti after Aloysius Agricola after a fresco painting.
  • Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • Musicians playing at a Polterabend or eve-of-wedding party. Coloured lithograph.