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Wife abuse

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  • A shopkeeper sews up his wife's mouth to stop her from nagging. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • Two men dressed in drag having a conversation: one is injured as a result of wife-beating. Colour process print, 1908.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 579166i
    • Books

    Scream quietly or the neighbours will hear / Erin Pizzey ; edited by Alison Forbes.

    Pizzey, Erin, 1939- | Date: 1974
    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    Busby, Thomas Lord. | Date: [1826?] | Reference: 726191i
    Part of: Busby's humorous etchings.
    • Books

    Sexual coercion and reproductive health : a focus on research / Lori Heise, Kirsten Moore, Nahid Toubia.

    Heise, Lori | Date: 1995
    • Pictures
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    Two men dressed in drag having a conversation: one is injured as a result of wife-beating. Colour process print, 1908.

    | Date: 1908 | Reference: 2060528i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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