Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2 by Joseph Grego

1800. _Matrimonial Comforts._ No. 4, _A Return from a Walk_. Woodward

del. Etched by Rowlandson. Published by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.--A venerable and somewhat decrepit spouse has been for a 'constitutional.' On his return he is gratified with the discovery of a very interesting domestic tableau: his young and pretty wife is fast asleep on the knee of a dashing officer, who, seated on the family sofa, is also slumbering blissfully, with one arm round the waist of the faithless wife, while his hand is clasping that of the lady, one of whose arms tenderly encircles the neck of her martial admirer. The rash intruder on this scene, with good reason, is much shocked at the situation, and is exclaiming in dismay, 'My wife! as sure as I am a haberdasher.'