More miseries page 179 / [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1 April 1807]eng"A dinner-table scene. A man (left) falls on his back and on his broken chair. The other diners, four men and three ladies, rise, all registering concern, except for an old woman who grins. A footman laughs and drops a wine-glass from a salver, and is kicked behind by one of the diners. A servant entering with a tureen pours its contents over the fallen man. The room or hall is an exaggerated example of neo-Gothic: walls, alcoves, and door being covered with carvings."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image.Text below image: Sitting on a chair which a servant has fractured and put together the preceding morning, and upon attempting to lean back falling to the ground before a large party; a country servant bursting into a roar of laughter.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.