Public Domain Artwork: A satirical engraving of the quaint English custom of 'wife-selling', which wasn't quite what it sounds like, but was more a ritual among the lower classes — who couldn't possibly obtain an official full parliamentary divorce, allowing remarriage, g

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A satirical engraving of the quaint English custom of 'wife-selling', which wasn't quite what it sounds like, but was more a ritual among the lower classes — who couldn't possibly obtain an official full parliamentary divorce, allowing remarriage, g

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A satirical engraving of the quaint English custom of 'wife-selling', which wasn't quite what it sounds like, but was more a ritual among the lower classes — who couldn't possibly obtain an official full parliamentary divorce, allowing remarriage, given the laws of England as they existed before 1857 — to publicly proclaim a dissolution of marriage (though not one that was really recognized by the authorities of Church and State). This is an 1820 English caricature (even though the sign says 'Marché de Bêtes à Cornes'). Notice how the artist has arranged things so that the cattle's horns are strategically placed in line-of-sight behind the husband's head.

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