Timothy Tallow and His Wife Going to Graves Hall on a Sunday

This cartoon seems to mock the pretensions, hopes, and dreams of the British gentry. St. George drew the satirical, unattractive characters Timothy Tallow and his wife being pulled by a tired horse on a road five miles outside of London (the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral is visible in the distance). Mrs. Tallow is pointing towards a country house with a signpost in the front yard declaring “man traps here.” St. George probably included this sign to lampoon relationships between men and women.

Timothy Tallow and His Wife Going to Graves Hall on a Sunday
Drawn by Richard Mansergh St. George; Published by Matthew and Mary Darly 
August 10, 1772 
Etching, Watercolor
Courtesy of The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University