A frustrated looking couple taking a stroll at Sadlers Wells with squabbling children around them; representing evening. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

The artfully placed cow's horns indicate the husband's cuckoldry

The theme is one of frustrated escape, the couple went to find solace and coolness in Sadlers Wells but failed to do so and their unhappiness is mirrored by the bickering children

London (Paternoster Row) : G.G. & J. Robinson, December the 1st 1797.

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 45.5 x 37.2 cm

Evening. Designed by Wm. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook Lettering within the print: the porch reads "Sadlers Wells"

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, related to [148]

Wellcome Collection 39255i