"Matrimonial Comforts--Washing day," Coloured Engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, 1810. Reproduced courtesy of The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. Zoom in on image. (116 k) The text of the engraving reads as follows:   Matrimonial Comforts Sketch 7 Ah! my old Friend. I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day--I have nothing to give you but cold Fish, cold Tripe and cold potatoes--you may smell soap suds a mile!-- Ah Jack--Jack you don't know these Comforts! you are a Bachelor! Pubd by R Ackermann 101 Strand Woodward del Washing Day Etched by Rowlandson