A curtain lecture! [graphic]

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Title: A curtain lecture! [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. October 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, 101 Strand
Abstract: A man lies on his back in bed, his face set in grim resignation, as his wife leans over him lecturing him, "Yes you base man --you dont you eat drink and sleep comfortably at home and still you must be jaunting abroad every nigth. I'll find out your intrigues-- you may depend upon it." A small dog sits at the foot of the bed yelping at the couple while a larger dog sleeps on the floor, his eyes squeezed shut
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above image.
Earlier state, with date in publication line. Cf. No. 9627 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Earlier state of print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; 1959.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.8 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Spouses
Bedrooms
Dogs
Subjects: Spouses
Bedrooms
Dogs
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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