Mutual Accusation

Date1773

After work by Henry William Bunbury 1750 - 1811

Engraver James Bretherton fl. 1750 - 1799

MediumEtching with line engraving

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1975-206

DescriptionLower margin reads: "Mr Bunbury del/ J.s Bretherson f/ When once you've told & cant recall a Lye/ Boldly, persist in't or your Fame will die./ MUTUAL ACCUSATION./ Publish'd by Bretherton 3.d January 1774./ Learn this ye Wives, with unrelenting Claws/ Or right or wrong, Assert your husbands cause."Label TextWhen once you've told & cant recall a Lye
Boldly persist in't or your Fame will die.
Learn this ye Wives, with unrelenting Claws
Or right or wrong, Assert your husbands cause.ProvenanceBefore 1975, Bookpress, Ltd. (Williamsburg, VA); 1975-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).