Matrimony in perfection, or, "The grey mare the better horse" [graphic].

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Title: Matrimony in perfection, or, "The grey mare the better horse" [graphic].
Alternative Title: Grey mare the better horse
Contributor: Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1868?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Field & Tuer
Abstract: "Stocky woman holding up fist to skinny man, with boy pulling at this coattail and woman behind him holding a broom over his head."--Library of Congress online catalog
Description: Title etched below image.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see Library of Congress call no.: PC 2 - Matrimony in perfection (A size) [P&P].
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Plate originally published ca. 1770?
On leaf 74 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Provenance: Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919. Transferred from Yale University Library; November 1967.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.9 x 26 cm, on sheet 43 x 59 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title: Leaf 74. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Collection / Other Creator: Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900, collector.
Collection Date: [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Spouses
Threats
Children
Brooms & brushes
Horns (Anatomy)
Adultery
Subjects: Spouses
Threats
Children
Brooms & brushes
Horns (Anatomy)
Adultery
England > 1770
England > London > 1868

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