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Miseries of the country: 34.14-304

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Miseries of the country
Miseries of human life

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1807

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Rowlandson 1807
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Name
  • Text: MISERIES OF THE COUNTRY / Passing the worst part of a rainy winter in a country so inveterately miry as to imprison you within your own premises, so that by way / of exercise, and to keep yourself alive, you take to rolling your gravel walks (thoug [sic] already quite smooth) cutting wood / (though you have more logs than enough) working the dumb bells, or such other irrational exercise..
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Pubd. April 12. 1807 by T. Rowlandson No. 1 James James Street Adelphi.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address

Identification numbers

Accession number: 34.14-304
Primary reference Number: 186089
Stephens/George: 10823
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Updated: Thursday 24 April 2014 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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