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Feign'd Sorrow or the PRUDENT HUSBAND.
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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."