Gouty husband and his young wife [graphic].

Description

Title: Gouty husband and his young wife [graphic].
Published / Created: [approximately 1760]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A satire on marriage; An old man seated with one leg bandaged and raised on chair in front of him, being attended to by a maid; behind him his young wife is locked in an embrace with her younger lover."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Publication date from a unverified data in local card catalog record.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Disease -- Cantharides -- Curtains -- Birds -- Furniture: upholstered armchair -- Cuckolds.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki; November 1960;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10.9 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 13 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1760
Etchings England London 1760
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Gout
Adultery
Women domestics
Medical equipment & supplies
Medicines
Crutches
Clocks & watches
Draperies
Birdcages
Parrots
Chairs
Bells
Subjects: Gout
Adultery
Women domestics
Medical equipment & supplies
Medicines
Crutches
Clocks & watches
Draperies
Birdcages
Parrots
Chairs
Bells
England > 1760
England > London > 1760

Access: Public
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