After a quarrel that has reduced his wife to tears, a husband makes an attempt at reconciliation by raising a glass and laughing. Wood engraving P. Sommer for R. Bong XA after E. Spitzer.

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Sommer. P., active 1889.

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Images by Sommer. P., active 1889.

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After a quarrel that has reduced his wife to tears, a husband makes an attempt at reconciliation by raising a glass and laughing. Wood engraving P. Sommer for R. Bong XA after E. Spitzer.