print;
satirical print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1861,0518.938
- Title
- Object: A poor man loaded with mischief or matrimony
- Description
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A satire on marriage: a husband, with a chain round his neck labelled 'Wedlock', carries on his shoulders his wife who holds a glass above her head. c.1750-68
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1750-1768
- Dimensions
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Height: 350 millimetres
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Width: 247 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See Sheila O'Connell, 'The popular print in England', BM 1999, p.115 for a variant in reverse with different background (1992,1003.23). The image derives from Jacob Cats, 'Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt' (1635).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
2000 Oct-Dec, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Popular Print in England
2001 Feb-Apr, Glasgow, Hunterian AG, Popular Print in England
2001 Apr-Jun, Manchester, Whitworth AG, Popular Print in England
2001 Jun-Aug, Bradford, Cartwright Hall, Popular Print in England
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1861,0518.938