An emaciated man in rags and tartan shawl, without kilt, walks out of a cave on the right. He is barefoot and has a rag tied around his head. The landscape is that of the wild Scottish mountains, with misty moors. A small shack is visible on a hill in the background. Two emaciated sheep are near the cave
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date inferred from that of Charles Churchill's poem, The prophecy of famine : a Scots pastoral. London, 1763., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 24 cm.
