The Distressed Poet (BM Cc,2.124)
Summary
Copy of an untidy garret with a man in a dressing-gown working on a poem entitled 'Riches a Poem' while his wife is confronted by a milkmaid with a lengthy tally who demands payment; a baby in bed is crying; a dog eats meat from a plate on a chair; behind the poet's head is a map titled 'A View of the Gold mines of Peru'; after Hogarth.
Engraving and etching
Nothing Found.
Tags
satirical print
great britain
british museum
british art
satirical prints in the british museum
maps
Date
1800
Source
British Museum
Link
Copyright info
public domain