Polygamy display'd, or, Doctor Madman restored to his senses [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Polygamy display'd, or, Doctor Madman restored to his senses [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Polygamy displayed
Doctor Madman restored to his senses - Published / Created
- [1 December 1780]
- Publication Place
- England?
- Publisher
- Publish'd 1st Decr. 1780 by the author
- Abstract
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An older man, representing Rev. Madan, is attacked by two women, one of them pulling on his coat and indicating a crying boy standing next to her, the other grasping his wig with her left hand and ready to strike him with a small stool she is holding in her right. Her right foot is propped on a volume entitled "Thelyphthora," his treatise advocating polygamy. Behind her, a third woman is picking his pocket. On the left two women are engaged in a fight; on the right a couple is kissing behind a screen on which is displayed an image of a duel, above it is an image of a prisoner in chains and next to it a body hanging from the gibbet
- Description
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Title from item.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Extent
- 1 print : sheet 19 x 31 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 780.12.01.04
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Etchings England 1780 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Madan, Martin, 1726-1790.
- Subject (Topic)
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Clergy
Polygamy
Fighting
Children
Couples
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Madan, Martin, 1726-1790
Clergy
Polygamy
Fighting
Children
Couples
Clothing & dress > England > 1780
England > 1780
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
- 6770885
- Object ID (OID)
- 10723450