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Collection Item

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

Origin
England
Age
1751
Material
Paper , ink, oak frame , glass
Dimensions
Width: 33cm X Height: 43cm
Inventory Number
0356
Price
£295.00
Description

Bowles & Carver, Satirical Print: 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

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