Black and white etching of a cluttered parlor with curtains, a tall standing man, a woman in a bonnet, and figures around a writing table.

My Wife is a Woman of Mind, George Cruikshank, 1847

A cramped domestic interior with heavy curtains, shelves and a writing table, where a tall man in a long coat stands among figures and papers while a woman in a bonnet watches. The steel etching is printed in black on cream paper as one of four comic scenes on a single sheet.

Artist: George Cruikshank
Date: 1847, printed c. 1880
Medium: Four steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1081 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1885).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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