Art Resource - AR920284

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Selling a wife to the highest bidder, 1816.

Selling a wife to the highest bidder, 1816. This practice was illegal, but was known to have been done in Sheffield in 1803, Brighton in 1808 and forms the basis of an incident in Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. Hand-coloured engraving from Popular Passtimes. (London, 1816).

Unique Identifier AR920284

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4636px × 3053px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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