Plate Four from Misery

Description

The text on this print translates as, “Misery shows the man who is hungry, those who abuse everything. This ugly contrast puts hatred and envy in his heart, and will make him guilty."

Plate Four from Misery

Charles Rambert

1851

Accession Number

207050

Medium

Lithograph in black on cream China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

Image: 23.7 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Primary support: 27.1 × 19.4 cm (10 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 43.2 × 29.7 cm (17 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Suzanne Lord Folds Endowment Fund