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Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27912i
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Domestic violence: a wife beating her husband with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27917i
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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.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 25 September 1834Reference: 43318i
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David Copperfield as a boy enters the study of Dr Strong who is absorbed in lexicographic work; his young wife Annie is sitting on a stool at his feet. Etching by Phiz. (Hablot K. Browne), 1849.
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.Date: 1849Reference: 35790i
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A farmer and his wife contemplating their full-grown crop in a field ready for harvest. Colour lithograph, 18--.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 36004i
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The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.
Date: 1810Reference: 573795i
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The trial of William Lord Russell, 1683. Mezzotint after G. Hayter.
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871.Date: [between 1820 and 1829?]Reference: 2969771i
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Roman portrait busts of wife and husband. Line engraving with etching by H.L. Garnier after J.M.N. Bralle.
Bralle, Jean Marie Nicolas, 1785-1863.Reference: 46819i
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Professor and Mrs Dejerine looking at a microscopic sample of the human brain. Photograph.
Reference: 562142i
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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.
Date: Novr. 1807Reference: 28582i
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M. de Mélincourt sets off for the hunt saying farewell to his wife, while his son is having shooting lessons. Engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 34701i
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A soldier introducing his wife to his comrades, who are getting drunk outside their barracks. Lithograph after N.T. Charlet.
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.Date: [between 1824 and 1827]Reference: 35364i
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Fragments of a funerary chamber opposite the church of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi and J. Barbault, ca. 1756.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [1756?]Reference: 2008462i
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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.
Wale, Samuel, -1786.Date: [1752]Reference: 28462i
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A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
Smith, George, 1829-1901.Date: [1871]Reference: 574955i
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The parents of the artist. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1965.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: Oct. '65 [October 1965]Reference: 2884971i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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Domestic violence: a husband holding his wife by the hair about to strike her with a shoe, while she tries to defend herself with a broom. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 26869i
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A man and a woman are counting their money with Death watching, armed with hourglass and scythe. Mezzotint by I. Meheux.
Meheux, Jacques.Reference: 34902i
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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.
Meyer, Claus, 1856-1919.Date: 1886Reference: 28141i
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Giovan Lodovico Vives da Valenza Dell'vfficio del marito verso la moglie, dell'istitutione della femina Christiana, uergine, maritata, o uedoua, et dello ammaestrare i fanciulli nelle arti liberali. Opera veramente non pur diletteuvole ma anco utilissima / [Juan Luis Vives].
Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.Date: 1561
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Xanthippe rides on the back of Socrates with a whip in her hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith after HG.
Reference: 27731i
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A man and a woman identified as Govaert van Surpele and Catarina Coninckx. Mezzotint by J. van Rymsdyk, 1767, after J. Jordaens.
Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678.Date: 1767Reference: 2869393i
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Baron Donderdronkdickdorff and Miss Quoltz: after their wedding, they quarrel and are surprised by a servant. Etching, 1810, attributed to I. Cruikshank and/or G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 20 March 1810Reference: 262i
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A bearded man lying in bed, his hand held by his wife who is seated next to the bed. Photograph, 187-.
Date: [between 1870 and 1879]Reference: 2885109i
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Six ancient Roman sepulchral monuments carved with Latin inscriptions. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1762.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: 1762Reference: 2975327i

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Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

Domestic violence: a wife beating her husband with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

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.

David Copperfield as a boy enters the study of Dr Strong who is absorbed in lexicographic work; his young wife Annie is sitting on a stool at his feet. Etching by Phiz. (Hablot K. Browne), 1849.

A farmer and his wife contemplating their full-grown crop in a field ready for harvest. Colour lithograph, 18--.

The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.

The trial of William Lord Russell, 1683. Mezzotint after G. Hayter.

Roman portrait busts of wife and husband. Line engraving with etching by H.L. Garnier after J.M.N. Bralle.

Professor and Mrs Dejerine looking at a microscopic sample of the human brain. Photograph.

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.

M. de Mélincourt sets off for the hunt saying farewell to his wife, while his son is having shooting lessons. Engraving.

A soldier introducing his wife to his comrades, who are getting drunk outside their barracks. Lithograph after N.T. Charlet.

Fragments of a funerary chamber opposite the church of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi and J. Barbault, ca. 1756.

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 blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.

The parents of the artist. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1965.

Domestic violence: a husband holding his wife by the hair about to strike her with a shoe, while she tries to defend herself with a broom. Watercolour drawing.

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.

Giovan Lodovico Vives da Valenza Dell'vfficio del marito verso la moglie, dell'istitutione della femina Christiana, uergine, maritata, o uedoua, et dello ammaestrare i fanciulli nelle arti liberali. Opera veramente non pur diletteuvole ma anco utilissima / [Juan Luis Vives].

Xanthippe rides on the back of Socrates with a whip in her hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith after HG.

A man and a woman identified as Govaert van Surpele and Catarina Coninckx. Mezzotint by J. van Rymsdyk, 1767, after J. Jordaens.

Baron Donderdronkdickdorff and Miss Quoltz: after their wedding, they quarrel and are surprised by a servant. Etching, 1810, attributed to I. Cruikshank and/or G. Cruikshank.

A bearded man lying in bed, his hand held by his wife who is seated next to the bed. Photograph, 187-.

Six ancient Roman sepulchral monuments carved with Latin inscriptions. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1762.