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BeskrivningContemporary wife selling print georgian scrapbook 1949.jpg	English: 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.
Datum	1820
Källa	Vaessen, Rachel Anne (hösten 2006 date QS:P,+2006-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720568 ). "Humour, Halters and Humilitation: Wife-sale as Theatre and Self-divorce" (PDF). Master of Arts thesis: p. 35. Simon Fraser University. Retrieved on 2009-12-19. "The following early nineteenth century caricature ridiculing a wife-selling husband (Figure 2)...", taken from A.H. Phillips Georgian Scrapbook (1949) - page 123
Skapare	Unknown, not stated
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The following notice appeared in an 1815 newspaper:

"On Friday last [September 15th 1815] the common bell-man gave notice in Staines Market that the wife of ---- Issey was then at the King's Head Inn to be sold, with the consent of her husband, to any person inclined to buy her. There was a very numerous attendance to witness this singular sale, notwithstanding which only three shillings and fourpence were offered for the lot, no one choosing to contend with the bidder, for the fair object, whose merits could only be appreciated by those who knew them. This the purchaser could boast, from a long and intimate acquaintance. This degrading custom seems to be generally received by the lower classes, as of equal obligation with the most serious legal forms."