Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A picture of misery [copy 1].
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 14/Normal/Prints/Titles O-Pl GA 2014.00413
Identifier
ark:/88435/ng451r61k
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1756-1827
Extent
1 item ; sheet 24.4 x 37 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 204
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: The bare and chilling chamber is occupied by a leaden-hued and sordid-looking miser, opposite to whom is seated an individual of starved aspect. A pinched and shrivelled old beldame is seen at the door. A table of interest is the only literature the room can boast. Candle for economy . . . .
Inscribed in plate, lower margin: "Iron was his chest, Iron was his door, His hand was iron, And his heart was more".
Numbered in plate, upper right: "70".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson del.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Misers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f36d5b74-ec2a-434f-9aca-f8ebb994be41/manifest