Young Husband: First Marketing, 1854, Oil on canvas, 29 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (74. 9 x 62. 9 cm), Paintings, Lilly Martin Spencer (1822?1902), Spencer portrayed the unvarnished reality of male-female relationships in this painting, which chronicles the travails of early married life. Here, the unseen young wife is not in full command of her kitchen, having sent her young husband out to procure the groceries?a task for which he is evidently not qualified