The miser's prayer!! [graphic]

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Title: The miser's prayer!! [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 February 1801]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: A thin man in shabby clothes, kneels in prayer before a candle on a chair, bedcurtains on either side of the chair; his toes through his worn shoes. The window panes in his room are broken
Description: Title printed in letterpress below image.
Three paragraphs of letterpress below title: Plutus thou God of wealth and riches, deign to listen to thy humble votary...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 42.8 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Prayers
Stipple engravings England London 1801
Etchings England London 1801
Broadsides England London 1801
Material: etching and stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Poverty
Prayer
Subjects: Poverty
Prayer
England > London > 1801
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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