Miseries of human life

Miseries of human life

Item Information

Title:
Miseries of human life
Title (alt.):
Miseries of human life - title page
Description:
The title in a frame ; below it a gouty old miser, wrapped in flannel, is being dragged off in his chair by Death, in spite of his crutch and his struggles to get back to his riches, spread in the strong box, over which he has lost all control ; his heirs in the meantime are helping themselves, making light of his hoarded savings, and taunting the impotent money-grubber, who has accumulated riches for them to fling away.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Designed and etched by T. Rowlandson
Date:
1808
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Title pages
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Miseries of Human Life
Subjects:
Death
Skeletons
Money
Misers
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 17 x 25 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
101 Strand, London : R. Ackermann
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from supporting materials.
Grego, II, p. 119
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
Title page, bound together with 49 etchings in "The Miseries of Human Life," designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson. This volume was published December 1, 1808 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London.
Identifier:
18_03_000407
Barcode:
36666003257512