A frustrated looking couple taking a stroll at Sadlers Wells with squabbling children around them; representing evening. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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December the 1st 1797
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39255i
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A frustrated looking couple taking a stroll at Sadlers Wells with squabbling children around them; representing evening. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The artfully placed cow's horns indicate the husband's cuckoldry

The theme is one of frustrated escape, the couple went to find solace and coolness in Sadlers Wells but failed to do so and their unhappiness is mirrored by the bickering children

Publication/Creation

London (Paternoster Row) : G.G. & J. Robinson, December the 1st 1797.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 45.5 x 37.2 cm

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Lettering

Evening. Designed by Wm. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook Lettering within the print: the porch reads "Sadlers Wells"

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, related to [148]

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39255i

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