Miseries of human life: 34.14-303

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Miseries of human life
Miseries of human life

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas

Entities

Print

Categories

Print
Album

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1807

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Inscription or legends present

Text: Rowlandson inv. 1807
Location: Plate lower left
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Name

Text: MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE / Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair when by poking curiously about on board / of Ship, it has become clammed and matted with pitch or tar far beyond all the powers of the comb
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: 34.14-303
Primary reference Number: 186088
Stephens/George: 10820
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Updated: Thursday 24 April 2014

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Miseries of human life" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/186088 Accessed: 2024-04-27 08:40:59

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