Feign'd Sorrow or the PRUDENT HUSBAND.

Date1750-1755

After work by C. Froost

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

Engraver Wilson

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 14 3/4" x OW: 10 5/8"; Plate H: 14" x W: 10"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1941-232

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Feign'd Sorrow/ or the/ PRUDENT HUSBAND./ C. Froost, Pinxit. Wilson Fecit./ With grief the good-wife dims her Eye/ And cries, or rahter seems to cry,/ Good b'wye, my Dear, farewell./ But George, too trusty e'er to fail,/ Has told his Master such a Tale!_/ A Tale I must not tell./ Surpriz'd how well the wanton weeps,/He, worthy Man, the Secret keeps;/Most Husbands hide their shame,/ And Betty in the Door way sly,/ Holds up her Fingers, to imply,/They'll play the other Game./ London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Print & Map Seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street."ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).