Art Institute of Chicago
Plate Four from Misery
Charles Rambert (French, active 1836–1867)
- Date
- 1851
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on cream China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
The text on this print translates as, “Misery shows the man who is hungry, those who abuse everything. This ugly contrast puts hatred and envy in his heart, and will make him guilty."
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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