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  • A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Mezzotint by J. Simon, 17--, after Etienne Jeaurat.
  • The popular herbal family medical guide and husband's and wife's handbook / The Hygienic Stores Ltd.
  • A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Engraving by J.J. Balechou, 1743, after E. Jeaurat.
  • Amoy (Xiamen), Fujian province, China: a husband and wife. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • Amoy (Xiamen), Fujian province, China: a husband and wife. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • Roman portrait busts of wife and husband. Line engraving with etching by H.L. Garnier after J.M.N. Bralle.
  • A husband returns to his wife, the children rush out to greet him and an older woman stands in the doorway. Mezzotint.
  • A contented husband and wife with four children: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Owerri Nigeria, ca. 1990.
  • A wife waits on a stormy night for the return of her husband, with two of the children standing by an open door and his slippers by the hearth. Mezzotint.
  • A couple lie in bed, the husband has a whip and thumbscrews, around the floor lie sheets of paper which tell of the way a wife should behave. Coloured etching by Williams.
  • A wife surprises her husband by showing him evidence of his gambling debts, and reveals that she has covered his debts by betting against him. Stipple engraving by J. Strutt after T. Stothard.
  • After a quarrel that has reduced his wife to tears, a husband makes an attempt at reconciliation by raising a glass and laughing. Wood engraving P. Sommer for R. Bong XA after E. Spitzer.
  • The heads of a husband and wife join in affection as their 3 children look on representing an advertisement for AIDS and the Family as part of World AIDS Day on 1st December. Colour lithograph, ca. 1994.
  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • Last week of the extraordinary and wonderful Albino Family : white negroes, or moors, from Madagascar, consisting of a husband, wife and child ... : What can they be? ... What is it? ... More wonderful curiosities! The original Siamese twins Chan and Eng ... / P.T. Barnum.
  • Last week of the extraordinary and wonderful Albino Family : white negroes, or moors, from Madagascar, consisting of a husband, wife and child ... : What can they be? ... What is it? ... More wonderful curiosities! The original Siamese twins Chan and Eng ... / P.T. Barnum.
  • The members of a rich family are embroiled in a fight, the husband is kicking the wife, who in turn is about to hit him with the keys, the rest of the household, including children and animals, follows suit; representing Discord. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos.
  • The parents of the artist. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1965.
  • The parents of the artist. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1965.
  • A woman (May) leads a man (January) under a tree in which there is somone hiding and some onlookers are pointing at the scene. Engraving by C. Mosley after S. Wale.
  • A man and a woman are counting their money with Death watching, armed with hourglass and scythe. Mezzotint by I. Meheux.
  • A man and a woman sit contentedly in their room, he is smoking a pipe while she sews. Etching by H. Struck after Claus Meyer.
  • Mrs Pottleton thinks her husband is going to give her a harmonium but he gives her a sewing machine instead. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1869.
  • A farmer and his wife contemplating their full-grown crop in a field ready for harvest. Colour lithograph, 18--.
  • A couple lie in bed, the woman has her hands and feet padlocked into stocks at each end of the bed, and her husband has a whip. Coloured aquatint. after J.F.
  • A man has to carry his overweight wife in a wheelbarrow up a steep hill to the amusement of onlookers: he compares her to rubbish. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • M. de Mélincourt sets off for the hunt saying farewell to his wife, while his son is having shooting lessons. Engraving.
  • A bearded man lying in bed, his hand held by his wife who is seated next to the bed. Photograph, 187-.
  • John Anderson and his wife seated by a fire in a modest house; a cat sleeping on a stool in front of the chimney. Woodcut after R. Burns, 18--.