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Tired and drunken man at a raucous dinner party with foxhunters. Miseries of Social Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson to accompany Reverend James Beresfords Miseries of Human Life, Ackermann, 1808
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Ackermann Beresford Dinner Drunken Etching Foot Georgian Gout Greeting Handshake Human Limbs Miseries Muscular Pain Personal Raucous Regency Reverend Rowlandson Sailor Satire Sick Stamp Suffering Tired
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In this intriguing handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson, we find ourselves in the midst of a raucous dinner party scene from Reverend James Beresford's "Miseries of Human Life," published by Ackermann in 1808. The image captures the moment of greeting between two tired and drunken men, their limbs heavy with the weight of excess and the passage of time. The man on the left, dressed in the attire of a foxhunter, clutches a stamp or seal in one hand, while extending the other for a handshake. His face is contorted in pain, likely from gout or some other debilitating ailment. The sailor on the right, his body similarly worn and weary, leans heavily on his cane as he returns the gesture. The excruciating discomfort of their suffering is palpable, their faces etched with the lines of age and the marks of hard living. The scene is one of personal miseries, a poignant reminder of the physical and emotional tolls of social life in the Regency and Georgian eras. Rowlandson's satirical and caricatured illustration invites us to contemplate the human condition, to laugh at the absurdities of our shared experiences, and to empathize with the suffering and pain that often accompany the pleasures of life.
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