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A poor man loaded with mischief, or matrimon[y]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | England |
| Description | Print shows a man chained to wedlock carrying a woman on his back, her breasts exposed, she holds a cup labeled "gin" and toasts "My Bucks Health", and according to a pig in a pen, "She is as Drunk as David's Sow"; a monkey sits on the woman's lap, removing the man's wig, and a magpie sits on the monkey's shoulders. In the background is a building (probably a brothel) with horns mounted above a sign showing two cats and labeled "the Cristian [sic] Mans Arms or the Cuckolds Fortune." Includes six lines of verse. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Prints, British |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Distress--1750-1760. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Brothels--England--1750-1760. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Marriage--England--1750-1760. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Relations between the sexes--England--1750-1760. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Intoxication--1750-1760. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
