<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>A matrimonial puzzle [graphic].</dc:title><dc:creator>Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[10 October 1797]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"A 'cit' smokes angrily over his glass, tilting his chair, while his pretty young wife sits with folded arms. A handsome young officer opens the door, apparently unseen by both. Below the design: 'Husband. - What makes you look so thoughtful my Love, what are you puzzling your Dear Head about now." Wife - Why you said last Night at Supper, that you knew every one in our Street were Cuckolds but one, - And I have been Puzzling Myself ever since to find out who that one could be." - "Husband.-" Oh! Oh! Very well, I have done."'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state</dc:description><dc:description>Title from item.</dc:description><dc:description>Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.</dc:description><dc:description>From the Laurie &amp; Whittle series of Drolls.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered '202' in lower right corner.</dc:description><dc:description>Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Cuckolds -- Furnishings -- Furniture.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>