Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works, with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries (1880)
iron-clamped chest, to hint that the sufferer is somewhat tenacious of his wealth, although his life has otherwise become insupportably burdensome. Phantoms, and figurative horrors of various descriptions, are haunting the invalid's diseased mind. There is a dagger, like the sword of Damocles,… … BENEVOLENCE. frame, is proffering the means of making an untimely exit, by a rope or a pistol at choice ; another phantom figure is setting the example of plunging headlong down to destruction ; a goblin is offering a cup of poison ; while a spectre, wearing the sufferer's own image, is suggesting…
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · English wit and humor, Pictorial
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