An anonymous letter! [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etched by Rowlandson.

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Title: An anonymous letter! [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etched by Rowlandson.
Alternative Title: Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 3
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Copyright Date: [1 October 1799]
Abstract: An angry wife confronts her astonished husband with a letter from his paramour in which she suggests a rendezvous in the garden after the wife has gone to bed.
Description: Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Series title and number etched above image.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.7 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1799.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1799.
Subject (Name): Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic): Adultery.
Marriage.
Spouses.
Spouses--Caricatures and cartoons.

Access: Public
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