A Man loaded with Mischief, or Matrimony. A Monkey, a Magpie, and Wife; Is the true Emblem of Strife, William Hogarth, 1750

Satire: a man with the chain of wedlock round his neck stoops under the burden of a monkey and his wife sitting on his shoulders; she holds a glass of 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 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1750. Dimensions: Height: 351 mm; Width: 236 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Man loaded with Mischief, or Matrimony. A Monkey, a Magpie, and Wife; Is the true Emblem of Strife (BM 1935,0522.2.1)