Six groups of three persons (wife, husband, and lover) arranged in two rows, their words (not transcribed) etched above their heads. [1] a pretty young woman walking with an ugly and elderly husband makes an assignation with a military officer. [2] a shoemaker with a strap interrupts a french barber making love to his wife. [3] a young woman points to her fat old husband asleep in a chair, saying to a barrister, "take care or you'll wake him". He says: "remember my dear madam how well i pleaded your last cause". [4] a fashionably dressed doctor holds the pulse of a young woman who sits beside him on a sofa. The husband watches with suspicion. [5] a handsome young clergyman sits on a sofa with a young woman, their arms round each other's shoulders, eyes closed, while a fat elderly parson gapes at them with horror, saying, "here's a pretty scandal to the cloth!!" [6] two fat country people embrace under the eyes of the husband who says: "come come this is carrying the joke a little too far. " 1 january 1796
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 300 mm (cropped); Width: 460 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Symptoms of Crim. Con.!! (BM 1935,0522.8.39)
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