A picture of wants, or, Human nature delineated [art original].

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Title: A picture of wants, or, Human nature delineated [art original].
Alternative Title: Human nature delineated
Creator: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created: [between 1830 and 1852]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A group of twelve man and women of various ages and walks of live -- tradesmen, a clergy, a spinster, a military officer, a gentleman in shackles, a servant, a frail, sickly man, etc. -- stand full length facing the viewer. Above their heads are brief expressions of their 'wants': "I want a job"; "I want more customers"; "I want a husband"; "I want for death", etc. Only an obese gentleman on the right is content: "I want for nothing"; next to him, the military officer with a monocle says, "I don't know what I want."
Description: Title from caption in artist's hand written below image.
Quotation following title: Lord, what an amorous thing is want. Hudibras.
Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity.
Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Purchased from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, November 2013.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 220 x 319 mm, on sheet 246 x 326 mm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 19th century
Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: brown ink and gray wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Distress
Men
Military officers
Occupations
Women
Subjects: Clergy
Distress
Men
Military officers
Occupations
Women
England > 19th century
British > 19th century

Access: Public
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