
Thomas Seaman
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Provenance
Anon. sale, Bonhams, 18 March 2003, lot 62.
Private collection, UK. Purchased from the above sale.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1874, no. 201.
The title is taken from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, scene i. The line is spoken by Katherine in response to Petruchio's complaint as to the quality of the mutton placed before him.