More miseries page 117 / [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist[1 April 1807]eng"A scene on a circular drive surrounding a grass plot. A fat man sits in a child's four-wheeled chaise, drawn hilariously by a man and woman. A boy stands behind. Another man rides a rocking-horse, tilting it violently; a little boy stands in front. The host (right) stands watching with gloomy apprehension, while the hostess stands in the distance in front of the house, shouting without restraint. The house (right) is a two-storied rustic building with a quasi-Chinese roof and pseudo-Gothic windows. In the grounds, among trees, is a Chinese pagoda, typical of the cit's country box, cf. British Museum Satires no. 8208."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image.Text below image: Having made a newly-rolled gravel walk, finding some friends whom you had asked to dine with you, amusing themselves before dinner by drawing each other in your childs chaise ...One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego.Mounted on verso of leaf 34 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.