The Reluctant Bride
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Title
The Reluctant Bride
Subject
Marriage
Description
This painting depicts a bride, rolling her eyes and looking clearly displeased and disinterested on her wedding day. This is especially strange considering the popularity and almost necessity for women in the Nineteenth Century to be married. Used on a website speaking about The Young Husband's Book published in 1837, It serves to show a darker side to marriage in the Nineteenth Century.
The brighhter side and information about the book: https://www.mimimatthews.com/2015/09/28/19th-century-marriage-manuals-advice-for-young-husbands/
The darker from which the painting is from: https://www.mimimatthews.com/2015/11/01/19th-century-marriage-manuals-advice-for-young-wives/
The brighhter side and information about the book: https://www.mimimatthews.com/2015/09/28/19th-century-marriage-manuals-advice-for-young-husbands/
The darker from which the painting is from: https://www.mimimatthews.com/2015/11/01/19th-century-marriage-manuals-advice-for-young-wives/
Creator
Painter: Auguste Toulmouche
Source
From Website article called "19tth Century Marriage Manuals: Advice for Young Husbands"
Publisher
Minnie Matthew's website
Date
1865
Format
Physical Object
Type
Painting
Files
Citation
Painter: Auguste Toulmouche, “The Reluctant Bride ,” Materiality and Spectacle in Nineteenth Century United States 2017, accessed December 1, 2025, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/materiality/items/show/85.