More miseries page 118 / [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1 April 1807]eng"An ugly man staggers back, his finger in the beak of a parrot which stands on the open door of its cage which is about to fall from a toppling table. A cat claws at his leg. Two ladies, excited and pleased, watch the calamity, as do a military officer and a woman standing by the door (left). The room is a handsome one with pilastered door, and a large window (right) giving on a garden."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image.Text below title: Being persuaded to put your finger into the cage of a parrot and to rub his pole, upon an assurance from its doating mistress that it is the most gentle bird in the universe, suddenly feeling the sanguinary effects of its beak.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 35 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.