Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775-approximately 1833
Title:
Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.
Alternate Title(s):
Engravings to illustrate the Miseries of Human Life
Published / Created:
London : Published by Wm. Miller, Albemarle Street, March 1st 1807.
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [17] leaves of plates : ill ; 20 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3135189
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 259
Exhibition History:
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Wit and humor, Pictorial -- Great Britain. | Satire, English. | Miller, William -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Satire. | Caricatures. | Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1807.
Contributors:
Beresford, James, 1764–1840. Miseries of human life.