Plate Eight from Misery

Description

The text on this print translates as, “He dies alone on the edge of the path; his last thought is for her
whom he loved and for God /Love and Faith, sublime sentiments that help man to live and to die."

Plate Eight from Misery

Charles Rambert

1851

Accession Number

207054

Medium

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

Dimensions

Image: 23.7 × 17 cm (9 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Primary support: 26.8 × 19.7 cm (10 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 43.3 × 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