Polygamy

Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores|Edward Williams the Elder

[August 1, 1787], reissued July 1, 1802 · Etching with stipple and softground, printed in brown ink · Drawings and Prints

An altercation between a man and two women, with one woman has her hand on the man's shoulder and pushing off her child at left. The other, fashionably dressed, woman, stands with her hands on her hips. The husband stands at center with his arms folded and eyes downcast.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores|Edward Williams the Elder

Date

[August 1, 1787], reissued July 1, 1802

Medium

Etching with stipple and softground, printed in brown ink

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959