THE HEN PECK'D GROCER
Date1778
Publisher
Matthew Darly
ca. 1720 - 1780
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white etching
DimensionsOH: 11" x OW: 9 1/8"; Plate H: 9 1/4" x W: 6 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-272
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "THE HEN PECK'D GROCER/ Bred in the Learn'd Schools of Billingsgate/ Behold this Beaiuty Cudgeling her Mate/ Hoarse Grown with Rhetorick, she now Assists's/ The want of that, by Potent use of Fists;/ Fierce as a Tygress, to his back she Flies/ & at his head the well known Cudgel Plys."ProvenanceBefore 1973, Simon Emmering [1914-1999] (Amsterdam, The Netherlands); 1973-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
ca. 1811
1825-1850 (possibly)
William Hogarth
1747
Esnauts & Rapilly (fl. ca. 1775-1811)
1779
