Illustration design for "The Economy of Human Life"

Robert Dodsley|Frank Howard

1834 · Pen and ink, brush and wash · Drawings and Prints

A woman kneels next to a standing man mourning a dead youth who lies next to them. One of a group of twelve book illustration designs reproduced as an engraving in an 1834 edition of Robert Dodsley's "The Economy of Human Life," published in London John van Voorst. The image illustrates the text: "His heart is hardened with the love of wealth, no grief or distress can make impression upon it."

Artist

Robert Dodsley|Frank Howard

Date

1834

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966