A satire on marriage: a husband, with a chain round his neck labelled 'wedlock', carries on his shoulders his wife who holds a glass labelled 'gin', and a magpie and a monkey; in the background to right, a woman pawns a teapot at the shop of 's. Gripe pawnbroker' (copied from hogarth's gin lane). C. 1751
etching. Date: between 1750 and 1775. Dimensions: Height: 310 mm; Width: 244 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print (BM 1992,1003.23)
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