Miseries of the country [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1806]eng"An elderly couple walk arm-in-arm, preceded by a dog and a frightened footman carrying a lantern. The man is fat, the woman thin. She wears pattens and her petticoats are kilted up; he holds a small umbrella. Behind (left) is a neo-Gothic house among trees."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Text below title: Losing your way on foot at night in a storm of wind and rain, and this immediately after leaving a merry fire side.Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.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.Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills.Mounted on verso leaf 37 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.