The four seasons of love

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · September 15, 1814

Spring. A suitor, Jerry Thimble, Tailor, is kneeling at the feet of a blooming fair one ; both of the turtle-doves are in the prime of life. Summer. The wedded pair are enjoying a suburban excursion. Autumn sets in more stormily; the lady, developing into a virago, is accusing her husband of receiving letters of a tender nature ; the tailor, in reply, is making a counter-charge. Winter sees the late couple seated at either side of a lawyer's table ; the man of law is reading the articles of separation.