Illustration design for "The Economy of Human Life"

Robert Dodsley|Frank Howard

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

An elderly man sits in an armchair giving food to two children standing to either side of him. 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: "He assisteth the poor in their trouble; he rejoiceth in furthering the prosperity of all men."

Artist

Robert Dodsley|Frank Howard

Date

1834

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966