A return from a walk! [graphic]

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Title: A return from a walk! [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 October 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: A pretty young woman sits on the knee of a military officer as they embrace, both unaware that her furious, red-faced husband has just entered the room through the door on the left. He clutches a large stick and exclaims, "My wife, as sure as I am a haberdasher."
Description: Title from item.
Earlier state, with imprint, of no. 9623 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, p. 15.
Watermark: Russell & Co.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; 1959.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.5 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 24 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) Russell & Co.
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Spouses
Adultery
Subjects: Spouses > Caricatures and cartoons
Adultery
Spouses
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Russell & Co.

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