Description
The text on this print translates as, “Misery offers man suicide as the end of all his evils. Exhausted by pain, he staggers and would fall; faith comes to his rescue and supports him.”
Accession Number
207053
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 23.9 × 17.2 cm (9 7/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Primary support: 27.2 × 19.5 cm (10 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 43.2 × 29.7 cm (17 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Credit Line
Suzanne Lord Folds Endowment Fund
