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A physician beds a young woman; her husband looks on pensively, hoping that the physician will not charge him for this 'operation'. Colour process print after Cuiliale (?), c. 1905.

A portly, well-to-do physician leaves his house, while his wife cavorts in the window with a young dandy. Lithograph by P. Numa, c. 1832.

An artist dreams that he is painting the portrait of the Devil disguised as a virtuoso: episode in a fable by John Ogilby. Etching attributed to F. Barlow, 1673.

A doctor tells a farm labourer that he has never touched his wife. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A skimmington or charivari: people make noise and are violent in the street as a form of rough justice exercised by women against men; on the right Hudibras enters on horseback, and is hit in the eye by a thrown egg. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.

A man is selling horns from his basket, as emblems of cuckoldry: husbands reply that they will not buy any because they already have plenty. Engraving by Frs. Hubert after Le Nain (?).

An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

The Duke of Cumberland being prosecuted by Richard, Baron Grosvenor, for adultery with Lady Grosvenor. Engraving, ca. 1770.

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Cuckolds

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A physician beds a young woman; her husband looks on pensively, hoping that the physician will not charge him for this 'operation'. Colour process print after Cuiliale (?), c. 1905.

An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

A portly, well-to-do physician leaves his house, while his wife cavorts in the window with a young dandy. Lithograph by P. Numa, c. 1832.

A man is selling horns from his basket, as emblems of cuckoldry: husbands reply that they will not buy any because they already have plenty. Engraving by Frs. Hubert after Le Nain (?).

The Duke of Cumberland being prosecuted by Richard, Baron Grosvenor, for adultery with Lady Grosvenor. Engraving, ca. 1770.

Cuckolds

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cuckolds

Works from the collections

A physician beds a young woman; her husband looks on pensively, hoping that the physician will not charge him for this 'operation'. Colour process print after Cuiliale (?), c. 1905.

An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

A portly, well-to-do physician leaves his house, while his wife cavorts in the window with a young dandy. Lithograph by P. Numa, c. 1832.

A man is selling horns from his basket, as emblems of cuckoldry: husbands reply that they will not buy any because they already have plenty. Engraving by Frs. Hubert after Le Nain (?).

The Duke of Cumberland being prosecuted by Richard, Baron Grosvenor, for adultery with Lady Grosvenor. Engraving, ca. 1770.

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