Rowlandson (Thomas)
Boney and his New Wife, or a Quarrell about _ Nothing!!
, Thomas Tegg, 1810.
Satirising the recent remarriage of Napoleon, to Marie Louise of Austria, following his divorce from the Empress Josephine due to her not producing an heir. However, the implication of the dialogue between the newly weds, sitting frostily either side of a well-provisioned breakfast table, is the that the solution may not depend on a new wife: ‘Husband, what makes you so sulky this morning, My Dear? Wife”Nothing” _ Husband, what is the matter wutg you. Wife, “Nothing” _ Husband, you were in a very good Humour last Night, pray what have I done to offend you? _ Wife, “You have done Nothing _ that’s the reason.’.
245 by 345mm (9¾ by 13½ inches).
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Original hand-coloured etching on wove paper watermarked 1817, pale browning with an exposure line, slight surface dirt, a thin diagonal crease, a short tear in the narrow upper margin, just through the plate mark, [not in BM].
245 by 345mm (9¾ by 13½ inches).
| Dimensions | 245345913 cm |
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| Dimensions | 245 by 345mm (9¾ by 13½ inches). |
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