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"Do I get the feeling there are three of us in this marriage?"

Drawing
2005 (made), 07/03/2005 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This cartoon appeared in the Evening Standard on 7 March 2005, and is artist Marf's take on the current news story. As she describes it: 'As the debate continues as to where Prince Charles and Camilla, both divorced, will be allowed to marry ... [t]he Queen makes her disapproval clear when she announces that she will not be attending the wedding. The late Princess Diana, in her Panorama interview in November 1995, famously said, "There are three of us in this marriage", making a thinly veiled reference to her husband's lover, Camilla.'

'Marf' drew daily topical cartoons for the Evening Standard between March 2002 and August 2005, moving to the Londoner's Diary page in August 2003. The drawings cover key political and social issues of the period, providing a vivid and often hilarious response to the main news of the day. The Evening Standard is London's only evening newspaper, publishing up to five editions a day. In Marf's own words: 'The cartoonist needs to keep up with the rapid pace of event.'


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title"Do I get the feeling there are three of us in this marriage?" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on paper
Brief description
Cartoon, "Do I get the feeling there are three of us in this marriage?" by 'Marf' (Martha Richler), published in The Evening Standard, 07 March 2005; London.
Physical description
Black and white line drawn cartoon showing the commemorative 1st class postage stamp issued for the wedding of Prince Charles and Camillia, Duchess of Cornwall. The happy couple are portrayed as a half length portrait. Camilla wears a three string necklace with large gem stone clasp and shows off her large wedding ring. Prince Charles is wearing a dinner jacket and bow-tie. The couple smile adoringly at one another but above them are some droplets of perspiration. In the top corner the bust portrait of the Queen next to the '1st', looks extremely annoyed.

Some lines have been blocked out with liquid paper, and faint underdrawing can be seen.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm
  • Width: 29.6cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • MONDAY 7th OF MARCH (Written in pen top centre)
  • "Do I get the feeling / there are three of us / in this marriage?" (Written in pen across bottom; title to piece)
  • MARF (Artist signature bottom right of image, vertically)
  • [Please follow / my line-breaks / for 3-line / caption - / thanks!] (Written in pen to left of caption)
  • [scan: / 40 X 54 / mm] (Written in pen to right of caption)
  • 12 [in circle] (Written in black biro on transparent protective sheet, top right)
  • CHARLES & CAMILLA / WEDDING STAMP (Written above 'stamp' image, part of image)
  • IIST (Written on ''stamp' as '1st', top right next to image of Queen, part of image)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Donated by the artist.
Production
Attribution note: for publication in newspaper
Reason For Production: Commission
Subjects depicted
Summary
This cartoon appeared in the Evening Standard on 7 March 2005, and is artist Marf's take on the current news story. As she describes it: 'As the debate continues as to where Prince Charles and Camilla, both divorced, will be allowed to marry ... [t]he Queen makes her disapproval clear when she announces that she will not be attending the wedding. The late Princess Diana, in her Panorama interview in November 1995, famously said, "There are three of us in this marriage", making a thinly veiled reference to her husband's lover, Camilla.'

'Marf' drew daily topical cartoons for the Evening Standard between March 2002 and August 2005, moving to the Londoner's Diary page in August 2003. The drawings cover key political and social issues of the period, providing a vivid and often hilarious response to the main news of the day. The Evening Standard is London's only evening newspaper, publishing up to five editions a day. In Marf's own words: 'The cartoonist needs to keep up with the rapid pace of event.'
Collection
Accession number
E.365-2007

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Record createdMay 4, 2007
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