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A Nincompoop, or Hen Peck'd Husband, 24 April 1807

 Item — Box: LF100 Box 1
Reference code: LF100/23
A Nincompoop, or Hen Peck'd Husband, 24 April 1807
A Nincompoop, or Hen Peck'd Husband, 24 April 1807

Scope and Contents

Engraving (coloured impression). A small ugly man trots (left to right) deprecatingly beside his wife, a large, over-dressed, scowling termagant, on their Sunday outing. He carries her umbrella, cloak, patterns, and a bundle in a check hankerchief. She holds a fan. An elderly man (right) walking in the opposite direction looks angrily at the couple; he swaggers in front of his pretty young wife, who appears pregnant and walks carrying a little girl and an umbrella. Behind them is an inn with the sign: 'The Old Swant [sic] Ordinary on Sunday'. A couple sit on the bench. Grego, 'Rowlandson', ii. 69 f. (Reproduction of a different version of the design, reversed, the inn differently drawn and having a carved swan above the sign-board. The same imprint and serial number. Partial description from the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Vol. VIII. 10909.

Dates

  • Creation: 24 April 1807

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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