An angry wife confronts her astonished husband with a letter from his paramour in which she suggests a rendezvous in the garden after the wife has gone to bed
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
A virago wearing a torn apron, her cap slipping off her head exposing her short cropped hair, seizes by the hair a weeping man, who clutches a ladle as he bends under the weight of the assault
"Scene in a bedroom, meanly furnished except for a four-post curtained bed (left) and a carpeted floor; it is lit by a single candle or rush-light. Lady Eldon (right), a lean and ugly virago, assails the ex-Chancellor with a shovel, holding him by the...
Alternative Title:
New administration
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by E. King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 and Eldon, Elizabeth, Lady, 1754-1831
"French cartoon on the abolition of slavery in England. John Bull gives freedom to an enslaved woman while keeping his own English wife on the leash. According to the caption, the woman is publicly offered for sale. This refers to the English use of '...
Alternative Title:
Dédié aux anglomanes
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Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, John Bull (Symbolic character), Slavery, and Spouses
