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The Pleasures of Matrimony, 1773.
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The Enragd Batchelor, or the Plague of a Single
State, 1760. Batterd, diseasd, and past his
youthfull Pranks
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The Assembly of Old Batchelors, 1743. All you
expect, and yet you nothing bring.
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William Hogarth, The industrious 'prentice
married and furnishing his house, c.1747.
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John Forths bill at college in Cambridge, 1783.
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The Middle Temple, c.1780.
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48 North Bar Without, Beverley, Yorkshire, the
house where John Courtney was born in 1734.
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George Barrett, North Bar Within, 1780
(detail). Beverley, Yorkshire.
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Embroidered waistcoat, later eighteenth century.
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The General Post Office, London, 1830s.
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The Dinner Locust, 1826. The accompanying text
says Visitor Egad, my Worthy Friend, it seems
I have just hit your hour. Reluctant host
Yes, you generally do.
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The Office Loungers, 1790.
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Dandies at Tea, 1818.
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The Wedding, 1794.
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The Good House-Wife, second half of the
eighteenth century. The verse reads Woman,
when virtuous, free from Sloth Vice, Greater by
far, than Rubies is her price Heaven crowns her
Labour with a plenteous Store, To feed her
Household, and relieve the Poor.
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The Welsh Curate, 1775. Each Faculty and
Limb beside, Eyes, Ears, Hands, Feet, are all
employd. His Wife at Washing Tis his Lot, To
pare the Turnips, watch the Pot.
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George Cruikshank, A widower washing his
childrens clothes by candle-light as they
sleep, from J. Wight, Mornings at Bow Street,
1824
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Matthew Flinders house, Donington, Lincolnshire,
c.1914 (now demolished).
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George Stubbs, The Wedgwood Family, 1780.
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Thomas Rowlandson, The Comforts of Matrimony. A
good Toast, 1809.
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