A return from a walk! [graphic]

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Description

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
[1800]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Abstract

"A pretty young woman sits on the knee of a military officer. They are unaware of the entry (left) of the furious husband, stick in hand. He is ugly and elderly and says: "My Wife, as sure as I am a Haberdasher."--British Museum online catalogue

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.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. viii.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 21.8 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
800.00.00.28

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1800
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Spouses
Adultery
Subjects
Spouses > Caricatures and cartoons
Adultery
Spouses
England > 1799
England > London > 1800

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8212296
Object ID (OID)
10952766

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