The Miser's Feast, London: by W. Holland, En Sanguine Engraving 1786, a Miser Seated at a Table Eating a Meager Meal, Death Stands Off to the Right As an Emaciated and Naked Manservant Holding in His Right Hand a Tray with a Bone on It and behind Him, in His Left Hand, the Dart of Death, Famine, a Withered Hag, Naked to the Waist which Funnels to a Point, Wearing a Large Hat and Fashionable Skirt, Stands at the Open Door Through which Enter a Fashionably Dressed Prostitute and Another Woman Carrying Stolen Articles to Leave with the Miser. Padlocked Chests and Cupboards, Moneybags, and Plastered-Over Windows (for Tax Savings Purposes) Attest to the Avarice and Miserliness of the Occupant.
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