Print made by Isaac Beckett, 1652/3–1719, British, Betwixt a Subtile Priest & Cursed Wife, between 1681 and 1688
- Title:
- Betwixt a Subtile Priest & Cursed Wife
- Additional Title(s):
- Marriage and Confession
- Date:
- between 1681 and 1688
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 11/16 x 7 3/4 inches (27.2 x 19.7 cm), Plate: 10 7/16 x 7 3/8 inches (26.5 x 18.8 cm), Image: 9 7/16 x 7 3/8 inches (24 x 18.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "336"
Lettered in black ink, lower center: "Betwixt a subtile Priest & cursed Wife | I'm plagu'd for my transgression [vertical line] The two great Follyes of my Life | Is Marriage & Confession."; lower left: "E Hemskyrke pinx:"; lower right: "I Beckett fec:"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.824
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apron (main garment) | chair | collars (neckwear) | confession | cross (object) | genre subject | gesture | hat | headscarf | interior | listening | marriage | men | monks | smiling | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22515
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- IIIF Manifest:
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