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George Moutard Woodward

Study for Symptoms of Matrimony, ca. 1796

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Maker

Title

Study for Symptoms of Matrimony

Year

ca. 1796

Medium

Pen and ink and watercolor on paper, mounted in a bound volume of drawings

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

36.8 x 27.9 x 3.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 x 1 3/16 inches)

Type

Credit

Transfer from the RISD Library. Gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf

Object Number

48.110.33

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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March 12 - September 4, 2022

Two frieze-like strips mounted in an album contain seven different vignettes that humorously illustrate the tensions of married life. Each couple shows a different marital issue, arranged in a rough sequence from the beginning of marriage, to childbearing, to outright conflict. Swiftly drawn in brush and watercolor, these drawings are accompanied by inscribed captions that present dialogue or quote literary texts for ironic contrast. A prolific caricaturist, George Moutard Woodward drafted these strips as studies for a satirical print titled the Symptoms of Matrimony, published in London in 1796.

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