The ridiculous match [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The ridiculous match [graphic].
- Published / Created
- [1768]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Oxford magazine
- Abstract
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"An illustration to the Oxford Magazine, July 1768: satire on unequal marriage, showing the interior of a church in which an old man and a much younger woman stand before the altar; a clergyman stands behind the communion rail holding open a large book and saying “Thy Wife shall be as the fruitful Vine” . The man says “With my Body I thee Worship”. The tops of two bottles protrude from his pocket, one labelled “T[incture] of Cantharides” and the other “Viper Drops”, both reputed aphrodisiacs. Behind the couple stand a woman holding up a bottle of “Mrs Gibson’s Blessed Medicine” and a lawyer carrying under one arm a “Deed of Settlement Provision for Younger Children”, behind him two young men snigger, one pointing towards the bottles in the bridegroom’s pocket. On the wall at the back of the church is a tablet lettered “Near this Place lies the Body of Thos Steril, Esq Aged 92, who died of a Broken Heart a few Days after his Marriage with a Young Lady”."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from item.
Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved.
One of text below image: Last Saturday was married at Horn-church, Thos. Feeble, Esqr. aged 90, to Miss Frisky, aged 16. -- Daily adv.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 37.
Watermark. - Provenance
- Suckling ; Jan. 1958 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 10.9 x 18 cm, on sheet 13 x 21 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 768.07.00.02 Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1768
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1768
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Altars
Churches
Clergy
Couples
Lawyers
Marriage
Medicines - Subjects
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Altars
Churches
Clergy
Couples
Lawyers
Marriage
Medicines
England > 1768
England > London > 1768
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8398035
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713347