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Custom of riding the black ram
Published
[England?] : Published June 1, 1785, [June 1,1785].
etching
image: 139 x 198 mm; sheet: 178 x 221 mm
Peel 2283
Notes
Caption title.
Trimmed within plate mark.
Trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A humorous print showing an historical scene of a widowed woman in a court of law performing a traditional penance for fornication: the woman is shown riding backwards on the back of a black ram, with one hand on its tail and another on one of its horns, as she turns to smile at the magistrates who smile broadly at the spectacle.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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