The hen peckt husband [graphic].

Description

Title: The hen peckt husband [graphic].
Contributor: Collet, John, 1725?-1780, artist.
Dawes, William, artist.
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: 10 June 1776.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street as act directs
Abstract: A tailor, wincing in pain, drops his shears as his bare-breasted wife, wearing only her chemise and cap, beats him with a shoe
Description: Title from item.
A reduced copy of George 4253 "from an original ... painted by Mr. Dawes" but stated by George to be from a collection of works by John Collet.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss., vol. ii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.2 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 20 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Mezzotints England London 1776
Satires (Visual works).
Material: mezzotint with etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Husband abuse
Abused husbands
Couples
Tailors
Fighting
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Husband abuse > Early works to 1800
Abused husbands > Early works to 1800
Couples
Tailors
Fighting
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
England > London > 1776

Access: Public
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