Plate Eight from Misery
Charles Rambert
1851
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 23.7 × 17 cm (9 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Primary support: 26.8 × 19.7 cm (10 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 43.3 × 29.7 cm (17 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
207054
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The text on this print translates as, “He dies alone on the edge of the path; his last thought is for her whom he loved and for God /Love and Faith, sublime sentiments that help man to live and to die."