"A man in bed kicks wildly, clutching a bed-post, as a chambermaid tries to pull out his wooden leg. A second chamber-maid flourishes a lighted candle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
At an inn, going into a bed too short with a wooden leg ...
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Text below image: At an inn, going into a bed too short with a wooden leg which you were too fatigued to unstrap, drawing up the living one, going to sleep with the other sticking out at the bottom ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
