Social union or legal contract between people called spouses that creates kinship

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William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.

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

Family Doctor's shopping aid to those who are getting married : this book of coupons has been included to help you in obtaining more information about the products advertised... : a Family Doctor special advertising feature.

Saint Cecilia with Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint John the Evangelist, a bishop and Saint Mary Magdalen. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Raphael.

A portrait of an Indian couple torn in two with the warning 'they could have saved their marriage'; an anti-AIDS advertisement for Sex Education Counselling Research Thearpy Training issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.

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

A couple just married outside a church, a butterfly emblem symbolising a Hindu wedding, and a mosque with a prayer book and two bearded men with the warning of no sex before or outside marriage; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families by GAP-SIRMCE. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.

The mystic marriage of Catherine of Alexandria and the infant Christ. Etching by C. Bouzonnet Stella after F. Lauri.

Commonsense about sex / by Leonora Eyles.

A ritual for married lovers / Jules Guyot ; translated by Gertrude Minturn Pinchot.

A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

15+ facts of life / by Kenneth Barnes.

Within walls : private life in the German Democratic Republic / Paul Betts.

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Marriage

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Images referencing Marriage

Works from the collections

Commonsense about sex / by Leonora Eyles.

A ritual for married lovers / Jules Guyot ; translated by Gertrude Minturn Pinchot.

A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

15+ facts of life / by Kenneth Barnes.

Within walls : private life in the German Democratic Republic / Paul Betts.

Marriage

Images from the collections

Images referencing Marriage

Works from the collections

Commonsense about sex / by Leonora Eyles.

A ritual for married lovers / Jules Guyot ; translated by Gertrude Minturn Pinchot.

A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

15+ facts of life / by Kenneth Barnes.

Within walls : private life in the German Democratic Republic / Paul Betts.

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