Plate Seven from Misery
<p>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.”</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1851
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Charles Rambert
Artist
Printmaking
Charles Rambert (French, active c. 1836-1867, died before 1899)
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Plate Three from Misery
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Plate Four from Misery
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Record
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- Charles Rambert
- Year
- 1851
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1851-133710
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified