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Potiphar's wife tumbles on her bed with a terrified Joseph. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter after R. Cosway, 1802.
Cosway, Richard, 1742-1821.Date: 2 May 1802Reference: 15912i
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A wife sending her husband away on holiday in order to pursue an affair with a "nerve specialist" who has got the husband out of the way by recommending a change of scene for him. Colour process print, c. 1920.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 544301i
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Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by P. Anderloni after Titian.
TitianDate: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 34466i
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Zaleucus having one of his eyes removed for one of his son's eyes, with six lines of verse by A. Montanus below. Line engraving by H. Quellinus after A. Quellinus.
Artus Quellinus the ElderDate: 1665-1668Reference: 16320i
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The Tarakeshwar murder: Elokeshi offers a betel-leaf to the seated Mahant. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 26882i
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The Quaker turn'd Jevv : Being a true relation, how an eminent Quaker in the Isle of Ely, on Monday the 18th. of April. 1675. circumcised himself, out of zeal for a certain case of conscience, renounced his religion, and become a prosolited Jew. With the occasion, and manner thereof, in all circumstances.
Date: 1675
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A man walks arm in arm with a woman while looking back at a prostitute in a check coat; representing the need for prostitutes to use condoms to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph after Ullstein Bilderdienst for Hydra, 199-.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 673608i
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A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.
Date: 1852Reference: 563183i
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Friday's post : country news : Leeds, August 15 [1775].
Date: [1775]
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A black woman with her arms around a black man; a representation of cheating partners in an advertisement about the risk of AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1994.
Date: 1/94 [January 1994]Reference: 667170i
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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.
Date: 1852Reference: 18140i
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The catologue of contented cuckolds : or, a loving society of confessing brethren of the forked order, &c. who being met together in a tavern, declar'd each man his condition, resolving to be contented, and drown'd melancholly in a glass of necktar. To the tune of, Fond boy, &c. or, love's a sweet passion, &c.
Date: [1685?]
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A doctor tells a farm labourer that he has never touched his wife. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
Abel FaivreDate: 22 March 1902Reference: 17091i
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A verbatim report of the Mordaunt divorce case.
Date: 1875
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Prince George as Prince Regent canoodling with the Duchess of Richmond as she tends his gouty foot. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: 1819Reference: 2489348i
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The state of affairs : rethinking infidelity / Esther Perel.
Esther PerelDate: 2017
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A man walks arm in arm with a woman while looking back at a prostitute in a check coat; representing the need for prostitutes to use condoms to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph after Ullstein Bilderdienst for Hydra, 199-.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674225i
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Radiant love. Vol. 1, no. 3.
Date: 1954
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A burnt out case / Graham Greene.
Graham GreeneDate: 2001
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The jealous husband of York : who has been married six years, and has five children, and who lately suspected his wife cuckolded him : how she endeavoured to convince him to the contrary.
Date: [1830]
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Joseph flees from Potiphar's wife as she attempts to seduce him. Lithograph by Franz Hanfstaengl after Carlo Cignani.
Carlo CignaniDate: 1837Reference: 28815i
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Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by R. Pranker, 176-, after J. (?) Houbraken.
Jacobus HoubrakenDate: [between 1760 and 1769?]Reference: 28461i
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Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Etching by W. Unger after Titian.
TitianReference: 34464i
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Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving after Titian.
TitianDate: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 28478599i
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The cases of polygamy, concubinage, adultery, divorce, &c. seriously and learnedly discussed. : Being a compleat collection of all the remarkable tryals and tracts which have been written on those important subjects. / By the most eminent hands.
Date: MDCCXXXII [1732]

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Potiphar's wife tumbles on her bed with a terrified Joseph. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter after R. Cosway, 1802.

A wife sending her husband away on holiday in order to pursue an affair with a "nerve specialist" who has got the husband out of the way by recommending a change of scene for him. Colour process print, c. 1920.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by P. Anderloni after Titian.

Zaleucus having one of his eyes removed for one of his son's eyes, with six lines of verse by A. Montanus below. Line engraving by H. Quellinus after A. Quellinus.

The Tarakeshwar murder: Elokeshi offers a betel-leaf to the seated Mahant. Watercolour drawing.

A man walks arm in arm with a woman while looking back at a prostitute in a check coat; representing the need for prostitutes to use condoms to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph after Ullstein Bilderdienst for Hydra, 199-.

A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.

Friday's post : country news : Leeds, August 15 [1775].

A black woman with her arms around a black man; a representation of cheating partners in an advertisement about the risk of AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1994.

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.

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

A verbatim report of the Mordaunt divorce case.

Prince George as Prince Regent canoodling with the Duchess of Richmond as she tends his gouty foot. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.

The state of affairs : rethinking infidelity / Esther Perel.

A man walks arm in arm with a woman while looking back at a prostitute in a check coat; representing the need for prostitutes to use condoms to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph after Ullstein Bilderdienst for Hydra, 199-.

Radiant love. Vol. 1, no. 3.

A burnt out case / Graham Greene.

The jealous husband of York : who has been married six years, and has five children, and who lately suspected his wife cuckolded him : how she endeavoured to convince him to the contrary.

Joseph flees from Potiphar's wife as she attempts to seduce him. Lithograph by Franz Hanfstaengl after Carlo Cignani.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by R. Pranker, 176-, after J. (?) Houbraken.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Etching by W. Unger after Titian.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving after Titian.

The cases of polygamy, concubinage, adultery, divorce, &c. seriously and learnedly discussed. : Being a compleat collection of all the remarkable tryals and tracts which have been written on those important subjects. / By the most eminent hands.