A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

Husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill, to be transformed into beautiful ones. Engraving, ca 1650.

A shopkeeper sews up his wife's mouth to stop her from nagging. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward I's arm. Line engraving by Brown after W.M. Craig.

A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

A wife dutifully sits by the bedside of her sick husband, watching over him. Mezzotint by J.C. Bromley, 1837, after E. Prentis.

An Indian man reaches out to touch his young bride who wears a red sari that covers her face; a woman raising her arms in terror as flames envelop her and all her belongings, a man setting off to earn his fortune abroad with a blue sack over his shoulder and a woman (his wife?) staying at home stirring a pot; an AIDS prevention advertisement within a decorative border by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.

A sick husband holds the hand of his wife. Lithograph by C. Motte after A. Maurin after H. Decaisne, 182-.

Savitri pleading with Yama for her husband's life. Chromolithograph.

1 print : chromolithograph ; border 32.8 x 23.9 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image 28.3 x 23.6 cm

1 print : lithograph, printed in pink and black ; sheet 49.9 x 37.7 cm

Tuensang, a Christian wife and mother, explaining that she uses condoms with her HIV+ husband; an advertisement by Lifeline, NMA Kripa, Prodigal Home, and the State AIDS Office Nagaland. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; sheet 11 x 13.7 cm

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Husbands

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Images referencing Husbands

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Savitri pleading with Yama for her husband's life. Chromolithograph.

A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

A sick husband holds the hand of his wife. Lithograph by C. Motte after A. Maurin after H. Decaisne, 182-.

Tuensang, a Christian wife and mother, explaining that she uses condoms with her HIV+ husband; an advertisement by Lifeline, NMA Kripa, Prodigal Home, and the State AIDS Office Nagaland. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A shopkeeper sews up his wife's mouth to stop her from nagging. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

Husbands

Images from the collections

Images referencing Husbands

Works from the collections

Savitri pleading with Yama for her husband's life. Chromolithograph.

A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

A sick husband holds the hand of his wife. Lithograph by C. Motte after A. Maurin after H. Decaisne, 182-.

Tuensang, a Christian wife and mother, explaining that she uses condoms with her HIV+ husband; an advertisement by Lifeline, NMA Kripa, Prodigal Home, and the State AIDS Office Nagaland. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A shopkeeper sews up his wife's mouth to stop her from nagging. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

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