It turns out that the Citizens of the Watch<span> have spread word of the street fight, and </span>Prince Escalus<span> arrives before anyone is killed. </span>The Prince<span> chides the Montagues and the Capulets for their mutual aggression, which he believes is making the streets of Verona unsafe. The Prince then orders everyone to return home and cease hostilities at the risk of great punishment. He personally accompanies the Capulets home.
I did some research, and the only info I could find was that his wife commissioned it to hang next to her portrait and that the artist was an early patron of Washington. Sorry I couldn't help further.
