Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The miser's prayer.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 12/Normal/Prints/Titles Mi GA 2014.00371
Identifier
ark:/88435/9k41zn61m
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1801/02/10.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1801
Extent
1 item ; sheet 43.6 x 25.1 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 30
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: The devotions of Old Avarice, which are necessarily very profound and earnest, are offered appropriately at the feet of his divinity, "Plutus, God of Riches." The temple of wealth is not exteriorly sumptuous. The carpet is a rag. A strong box, a broken chair, and a rushlight make up the sordid furniture. The miser is confessing that he possesses nine houses, estates in Essex, mortgages in Hertford, large landed speculations in Russell Square and the neighborhood, reversions of estates, trading ventures, "Mermaid" sloop, funded property, Government securities, &c. &c. he is beseeching an increase of his means, success to his investments, and a rise in the "Stocks'.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Woodward del".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Rowlandson scul.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Avarice—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Misers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Prayer—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/89073bf9-5703-4a23-8a15-d50ec860e8ed/manifest