The hen-peckt husband [graphic]

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Title: The hen-peckt husband [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hen-pecked husband
Creator: Clowes, Butler, -1782, printmaker
Contributor: Dawes, William, fl. 1760-1774, artist.
Collet, John, 1725?-1780, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd as the act directs, 1st Jany. 1768.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and Prinseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Description: Title from item.
"From an original picture painted by Mr. Dawes."--Below title.
Stephens attributes original painting to Collet.
Temporary local subject terms: Adultery -- Expressions of speech: "hen-peckt husband" -- Furniture: curtained bed -- Scissors -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Cuckolds: horns.
Provenance: Suckling; March 1959;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 43.4 x 50.7 cm, on sheet 46 x 55 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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