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A return from a walk!
Title
A return from a walk! [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etch'd by Rowlandson.
Publication
[London] : Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand, [1 October 1799]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 21.5 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 24 x 21 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title from item.
Earlier state, with imprint, of no. 9623 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, p. 15.
Summary
A pretty young woman sits on the knee of a military officer as they embrace, both unaware that her furious, red-faced husband has just entered the room through the door on the left. He clutches a large stick and exclaims, "My wife, as sure as I am a haberdasher."
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 10, 2008
Series
Matrimonial comforts, sketch 4
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1799.
Etchings - England - London - 1799.
Watermarks (Paper) - Russell & Co.
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