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| Keywords: Tameing a Shrew; or, Petruchio's Patent Family Bedstead, Gags & Thumscrews edit 1.tif Tameing a Shrew; or Petruchio's Patent Family Bedstead Gags Thumscrews - a satirical caricature by Williams referencing Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Unlike the majority of domestic abusers in England in 1815 who crudely pounded on their wives in fits of drunken rage Petruchio in this image takes a coolly methodical disciplinary approach to enforcing wifely obedience The man's wife has been bound to his bed he threatens her with thumbscrews and a sign hangs above her quoting a line from the wedding service of the time Love honour and OBEY See http //books google co uk/books id 1MCS61CDPzQC pg PA153 lpg PA153 dq Petruchio 27s+Patent+Family+Bedstead source bl ots rEOwOOl_IZ sig q2nf9BPgT2eQdmNi_SJEvDC_tf4 hl en ei OXm5SfSeAYmGsQOl7oU- sa X oi book_result resnum 4 ct result The Satirical Gaze by Cindy McCreery page 153 From Thomas Tegg's Caricature Magazine 1815 cph 3f03804 1815 Williams PD-Old Image Tameing a Shrew; or Petruchio's Patent Family Bedstead Gags Thumscrews png - Additional edits upon png restored version selective edge sharpening and contrast adjustments dark section at upper left lightened colors rebalanced Stocks restraints Thumbscrews The Taming of the Shrew Torture 1815 19th-century caricatures Thomas Tegg | ||||