Betwixt a subtile Priest & cursed Wife I'm plagu'd for my transgression. The two great Folleys of my Life Is Marriage & Confession.
E. Hemskyrke pinx: Ibecket fec.
[n.d. c.1680.]
Mezzotint, laid on paper watermarked: J Whatman 1801. 253 x 184mm (10 x 7¼").
A monk sitting on the right, hands tucked into his sleeves, laughing as he listens to the confession of a man who kneels against his chair, holding his hat and watched by an old woman wearing a headscarf who stands in the background to the left in an open doorway, holding a finger to her lips; a stoop on the wall in the background.
Ex Collection: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The British Museum state that this is a later state with added creases in the clothing.
[Ref: 19308] £130.00
[n.d. c.1680.]
Mezzotint, laid on paper watermarked: J Whatman 1801. 253 x 184mm (10 x 7¼").
A monk sitting on the right, hands tucked into his sleeves, laughing as he listens to the confession of a man who kneels against his chair, holding his hat and watched by an old woman wearing a headscarf who stands in the background to the left in an open doorway, holding a finger to her lips; a stoop on the wall in the background.
Ex Collection: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The British Museum state that this is a later state with added creases in the clothing.
[Ref: 19308] £130.00