The Blind Man Deceived by His Wife

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The Blind Man Deceived by His Wife
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The Blind Man Deceived by His Wife

Date1757
MediumEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 634 × 475 mm. (24 15/16 × 18 11/16 in.)
Plate: 491 × 368 mm. (19 5/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
Image: 432 × 343 mm. (17 × 13 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGarrett Collection
Object number1946.112.14551
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Marriage of convenience. - Eh! What? Eloa!!... You've deceived me!... You're not your father's daughter... His title of count is just a fairy tale... Your castles are an illusion, your enormous fortune an enormous joke!!... O tempora o mores!!... - In other words I've been taken for a right mug!
Marriage of convenience. - Eh! What? Eloa!!... You've deceived me!... You're not your father's daughter... His title of count is just a fairy tale... Your castles are an illusion, your enormous fortune an enormous joke!!... O tempora o mores!!... - In other words I've been taken for a right mug!
1837
Image Not Available for Delighted to find himself on show, the original takes his wife to the exhibition, and places her before his image to enjoy the opinion of the crowd. - Look, some say, it's the Chinese commissioner Lin! - No, others say, don't you see, it's natural history! - It's... resumes one gentleman in possession of the catalogue, it's the portrait of Mr. D..... insurance broker: - Oh well, with a bonce like that he doesn't need to insure himself, he'll not easily be snatched up. (Madame, his wife, leaves exceedingly flattered)
Delighted to find himself on show, the original takes his wife to the exhibition, and places her before his image to enjoy the opinion of the crowd. - Look, some say, it's the Chinese commissioner Lin! - No, others say, don't you see, it's natural history! - It's... resumes one gentleman in possession of the catalogue, it's the portrait of Mr. D..... insurance broker: - Oh well, with a bonce like that he doesn't need to insure himself, he'll not easily be snatched up. (Madame, his wife, leaves exceedingly flattered)
1842
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