"The torments of marriage in Georgian caricatures " Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Apr 2014 9:39 p.m. PST |
"The Georgian era (1714-1837) was the golden age of English satire. Gillray, Rowlandson and the Cruikshank family made themselves famous with their exuberant, brightly-coloured caricatures which lampooned everything from government to the clergy, from fashion to the French. Here are some of their satirical takes on marriage. They point out the problems so often ignored in the contemporary moral literature and novels which portrayed marriage as a companionate and dignified state; adultery, frustrated husbands, scolding wives and seething hatred are all exposed, making simultaneously amusing and uncomfortable viewing…"
See here.
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| John the OFM | 23 Apr 2014 8:27 a.m. PST |
Mostly I blame the powdered Whigs. |
| John the Greater | 23 Apr 2014 9:54 a.m. PST |
MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two. – The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce |
| Tango01 | 23 Apr 2014 10:28 a.m. PST |
LOL! (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
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