The suspicious husband [graphic]

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Title: The suspicious husband [graphic]
Creator: Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Contributor: Martin, Elias, 1739-1818, artist.
Marshall, Richard, active 1753-1785, publisher.
Published / Created: [16 February 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Feby. 16, 1772 by R. Marshall, N. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Abstract: A fashionably dressed young woman sits at a writing table as she seals an envelope with her stamp while her maid, standing in front of the table, waits attentively. A picture on the wall behind them depicts Cupid flying with an envelope in his hand. From behind a curtain on the right, a man peers into the room, curious and wide-eyed. The title perhaps a specific reference to the play of the same title by Benjamin Hoadly
Description: Title from caption below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Letters: love letters -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Furniture: ladderback chair -- Candle holders.
Watermark.
Provenance: Print Shop; Oct. 1959;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35 x 25 cm, on sheet 38 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Mezzotints England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hoadly, Dr. 1706-1757. (Benjamin),
Subjects: Hoadly, Dr. (Benjamin), 1706-1757
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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