A dance is being conducted outside a large cage which the couples seem to be entering as they dance and a Cupid figure can be seen sitting on the cage. Engraving.
Wellcome Collection

A dance is being conducted outside a large cage which the couples seem to be entering as they dance and a Cupid figure can be seen sitting on the cage. Engraving.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Cupid's decoy: or an emblem of the state of matrimony. By Cupid's Wicker Snare portray'd above, We reprsent that fatal end of Love, A Matrimonial State; which most Repent, Tho' some more Wise, in Bondage seem Content...

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