Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Fox muffs -- Key to the back stairs -- Female costume -- False bosoms and derrières., and Watermark in center of sheet.
A thin, worn-out author sits at his table under the window in his small garret in the attic. He leans his chin on his hand as he writes with his quill pen. A thin dog sits at his feet. A robust man (a bailiff?) with a cane confronts him presumably with bills. His bed is folded up against the wall
Alternative Title:
Miseries of authorship
Description:
Title etched below image., "Designed & etched for The British mercury." Cf. British Museum catalogue., Attributed to Rowlandson in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: Bookseller -- Garret -- Bed., and Mounted to 20 x 26 cm.