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| Keywords: Contemporary wife selling print georgian scrapbook 1949.jpg en A satirical engraving of the quaint English custom of wife-selling which wasn't quite what it sounds like but was more a ritual among the lower classes ” who couldn't possibly obtain an official full parliamentary divorce allowing remarriage given the laws of England as they existed before 1857 ” to publicly proclaim a dissolution of marriage though not one that was really recognized by the authorities of Church and State This is an 1820 English caricature even though the sign says Marché de Bêtes à Cornes Notice how the artist has arranged things so that the cattle's horns are strategically placed in line-of-sight behind the husband's head fall 2006 http //ir lib sfu ca/dspace/retrieve/4174/etd2589 pdf PDF Master of Arts thesis p 35 Simon Fraser University 2009-12-19 The following early nineteenth century caricature ridiculing a wife-selling husband Figure 2 taken from A H Phillips Georgian Scrapbook 1949 - page 123 Unknown not stated 1820 PD-old-70-1923 The following notice appeared in an 1815 newspaper <blockquote> On Friday last September 15th 1815 the common bell-man gave notice in Staines Market that the wife of ---- Issey was then at the King's Head Inn to be sold with the consent of her husband to any person inclined to buy her There was a very numerous attendance to witness this singular sale notwithstanding which only three shillings and fourpence were offered for the lot no one choosing to contend with the bidder for the fair object whose merits could only be appreciated by those who knew them This the purchaser could boast from a long and intimate acquaintance This degrading custom seems to be generally received by the lower classes as of equal obligation with the most serious legal forms </blockquote> History of England 19th-century caricatures 1820 in England Auctions in art 19th-century engravings Divorce in art | ||||
