The Prince is at the head of the table, round which eight ladies
and gentlemen are seated. He is pouring wine into a glass. Some
thirteen persons, attendants, and a clergyman, are also in the
room. Most of them are probably portraits. Altogether twenty-three
small figures. On canvas, 3 ft. high, by 2 ft. 10 in. wide.
This picture, though long labelled "Vanderbank," is probably by
Marcellus Laroon, the younger, to whom it is attributed in an old
catalogue. The likelihood that he is the painter is greatly
strengthened by the close resemblance in style between it and the
similar piece that follows--the personages evidently being the
same.
It is not certain what is the subject represented; though it has
borne the above title for many years. In one of the Lord
Chamberlain's old inventories it is stated to represent "a fête in
honour of the marriage of the Duke of Wharton."