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Unholy Matrimony
Watercolour, pencil, pen and ink, 46.5 x 22.2 cm, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1821
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Exaggerated facial expressions and frantic gestures of fury, where a woman brandishes a clenched fist and shouts aggressively at her recoiling partner. A life of perpetual conflict and mutual resentment, in which even the smallest domestic matter ripens into a full-throated quarrel.