- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A sailor and his pregnant fiancée stand at left before a clergyman in a white surplice who stands at right, reading from papers inscribed 'Matrimony', and asking 'Wilt thou take this Woman to be thy wedded wife'; the sailor responds in affronted manner, asking 'do you doubt the word of a sailor'; an assisting cleric at right, wearing dark clothes and bands, drops his book in surprise."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
- Subject (Topic):
- Brides., Clergy., Grooms (Weddings), Pregnant women. , Sailors--British., and Weddings.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A sailors marriage [graphic] / Woodward delin. ; Rowlandson sculp.
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