An obese man and a tall lean woman, symbolical figures of 'dropsy' and 'consumption', flirting outside a mausoleum; another couple promenade before a statue of Hercules in the background and "A grotesquely obese man (his hat placed under his plump knees) kneels at the feet of an ugly and bedizened woman, fantastically lean and tall. She holds up a fan, and looks down alluringly at her lover to whom she gives her left hand. They are in the circular portico of a 'Mausoleum' (right). In the background is an avenue and a statue of Hercules, towards which a fat woman and a lean parson of the Dr. Syntax type are walking arm-in-arm. The muscular Hercules is contrasted with the four other types of physique represented."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price one shilling coloured.", and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dropsy -- Consumption.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 25th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No 111 Cheapside
A man cavorting with a young woman, while his recently deceased wife lies in a coffin in the background. Lying next to a treasure chest is an open book which reads: "A smokey house and a scolding wife are the plague of mans life. Oh what pleasure well about when my wife is laid in ground".
Alternative Title:
Cure for the heart ache
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of quoted text below title: "Were I not resolv'd against the yoke of hapless marriage, never to be curs'd with second love, so fatal was the first, to this one error I might yield again. Dryden., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & married life.
Publisher:
Design'd and pubd. by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Death, Coffins, Courtship, Sexual attraction, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, and Costume
