The Cobbler's Cure for a Scolding Wife
The cobbler leans over his wife who is tied to a chair with her wrists bound. With his awl between his teeth he pulls at the threads with which he is stitching up her mouth. Another woman holds a candle over them at right.
Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
1813
Hand-colored etching
34.8 x 24.7cm
59.533.1514
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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