The miser's feast, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist, London : by W. Holland, en sanguine engraving 1786, a miser seated at a table eating a meager meal; Death stands off to the right as an emaciated and naked manservant holding in his right hand a tray with a bone on it and behind him, in his left hand, the dart of death; Famine, a withered hag, naked to the waist which funnels to a point, wearing a large hat and fashionable skirt, stands at the open door through which enter a fashionably dressed prostitute and another woman carrying stolen articles to leave with the miser. Padlocked chests and cupboards, moneybags, and plastered-over windows (for tax savings purposes) attest to the avarice and miserliness of the occupant.

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Caption: The miser's feast, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist, London : by W. Holland, en sanguine engraving 1786, a miser seated at a table eating a meager meal; Death stands off to the right as an emaciated and naked manservant holding in his right hand a tray with a bone on it and behind him, in his left hand, the dart of death; Famine, a withered hag, naked to the waist which funnels to a point, wearing a large hat and fashionable skirt, stands at the open door through which enter a fashionably dressed prostitute and another woman carrying stolen articles to leave with the miser. Padlocked chests and cupboards, moneybags, and plastered-over windows (for tax savings purposes) attest to the avarice and miserliness of the occupant.

Personalities: GILLRAY

Credit: Album / quintlox

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Image size: 5000 × 4133 px | 59.1 MB

Print size: 42.3 × 35.0 cm | 1968.5 × 1627.2 in (300 dpi)

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