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  • A wife dutifully sits by the bedside of her sick husband, watching over him. Mezzotint by J.C. Bromley, 1837, after E. Prentis.
  • A woman misunderstanding instructions about meals and medicine for her husband from the doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after H.M. Brock, 1936.
  • A woman playing outside with her child, her husband in the background, watching them. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. Ostade, 1679.
  • While Lady Buckingham is gambling with her cronies, her husband enters to report the theft of the bank. Etching by James Gillray, 1797.
  • A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.
  • A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.
  • A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.
  • Two young children comfort their mother as she mourns at the tomb of her dead husband. Engraving by F. Bacon after Miss L. Sharpe.
  • A Chinese woman carrying a baby on her back is feeding her husband who is imprisoned in a circular pillory. Engraving (?), ca. 1860.
  • A Breton woman relaxing in a cupboard-bed after giving birth, she is surrounded by a group of Breton women and her husband. Etching.
  • A Chinese woman carrying a baby on her back is feeding her husband who is imprisoned in a circular pillory. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.
  • Two young children comfort their mother as she mourns at the tomb of her dead husband. Engraving by F. Bacon after Miss L. Sharpe.
  • Sati (suttee): a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre as a large crowd watches. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A Breton woman relaxing in a cupboard-bed after giving birth, she is surrounded by a group of Breton women and her husband. Etching.
  • A drunken husband lies sleeping as his young wife plots furtively with her lover, a foreign soldier. Engraving by A. Capellan after G. B. Piazzetta.
  • A tooth-drawer using pincers to extract a tooth from an old woman, her husband agonizingly observes the situation. Pen drawing after J. Collier, 1773.
  • A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Mezzotint after J. Harris the elder.
  • A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Mezzotint after J. Harris the elder.
  • A tooth-drawer using pincers to extract a tooth from an old woman, her husband agonizingly observes the situation. Pen drawing after J. Collier, 1773.
  • A tooth-drawer using pincers to extract a tooth from an old woman, her husband agonizingly observes the situation. Pen drawing after J. Collier, 1773.
  • A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Engraving after J. Harris the elder.
  • 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 woman giving birth in an elaborate room aided by a midwife and a nun and surrounded by her husband and family. Engraving by A. Bosse.
  • Fanny Grimaldi, widowed, is aroused by love for her late husband's younger brother. Engraving by P. Bettelini, 1806, after P. Ermini after F.-X. Fabre, 1804.
  • A woman feeding her baby while her husband reads a book in a rural domestic environment. Engraving by P.A. Le Beau after A. de Gelder.
  • A woman feeding her baby while her husband reads a book in a rural domestic environment. Engraving by P.A. Le Beau after A. de Gelder.
  • A bemused husband querying a doctor as to how his wife of only six months can have already given birth to a child. Wood engraving, 1838.
  • A tooth-drawer using pincers to extract a tooth from an old woman, her husband agonizingly observes the situation. Etching by J. Collier after himself, 1773.
  • An HIV positive woman being comforted by her husband and children; advertisement by the World Health Organization for living positively with HIV. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Sati (suttee): a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre, as a group of people look on. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.