A Raal Convinience, illustrating one of the advantages for a man of beign married, is the antithesis of Nicol's The Onconveniency of a Single Life, exhibited at the Scottish Academy in 1851. 

Erskine Nicol RSA ARA, 1825-1904

Nicol was born in Leith, and at the age of thirteen, while apprenticed to a house decorator in Edinburgh, enrolled at the city's Trustee's Academy under William Adam. In 1846, after a short spell as a drawing master at Leith high School, he became an art master in Dublin. A prolific artist, Nicol executed genre, often of an amusing nature, and figurative subjects in oil and watercolour. He was influenced by the early work of David WWilkie. It was while living in Dublin that Nicol developed the humorous aspect of his work, perceiving a comical side in almost any situation. He returned to Edinburgh around 1850 and moved to London in 1863.