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Set of Playing Cards
This is a set of nine playing cards from the eighteenth century that have a twisted context. The cards each depict a range of catergories including: fourtune, death, marriage, gentleman, crimes, honour, graden, industry, and time.
A new map to the land of matrimony.
The map depicts the ocean of love surrounding the land of matrimony, but unable to access it in any way.
A suitor asks for a young woman's hand in marriage
A young lady looks on through the doorway as her suitor asks her father for her hand in marriage while her mother and another man watches.
A depiction of marriage as a trap of love
The picture is an engraving that depicts marriage as Cupid's snare and a fatal end of love, representing the matrimonial state as bondage.
Marriage a la Mode 1 : The Settlement
This painting depicts a merchant attempting to buy his way into aristocracy through marriage.
The hardships of the English laws in relation to wives. With an explanation of the original curse of subjection passed upon the woman. In an humble address to the legislature.
The author compares English law to Civil law in instances of a women's abilities in different circumstances. It also includes the author's objections to different laws.