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A satirical watercolor of a wedding divided into two horizontal registers on the sheet. The bride and groom are in the middle surrounded by family. Illegible text accompanies each figure.

George Moutard Woodward

Study for Symptoms of Matrimony

Description

Maker

George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1765-1809)

Title

Study for Symptoms of Matrimony
in Original Caricature Water-colour Sketches

Year

ca. 1796

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Supports

Laid:mounted on paperboard.

Dimensions

36.8 x 27.9 x 3.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

48.110.33

Type

Books

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum

Mar 12, 2022 – Sep 04, 2022

Label copy

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.

The Illustrated Book

Oct 21, 1980 – Nov 23, 1980

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George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1765-1809)

Study for Symptoms of Matrimony; in Original Caricature Water-colour Sketches, ca. 1796

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

36.8 x 27.9 x 3.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/4 inches)

Transfer from the RISD Library. Gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf 48.110.33

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