Illustration design for "The Economy of Human Life"

Frank Howard|Robert Dodsley

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

A widow accompanied by two children kneels to implore aid from a portly man seated next to a table, a woman standing behind 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: "When the fatherless call upon thee...when the widow's heart is sunk, and she imploreth thy assistance with tears of sorrow...oh pity her affliction and extend thy hand to those who have none to help them."

Artist

Frank Howard|Robert Dodsley

Date

1834

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966