A stereotyped image of an old maid who wears a cap and sits very upright in a high-back chair as she reads a newspaper, The Morning Herald. She has a large, hooked nose and wears spectacles, her lips pursed with disapproval at what she reads. She has a cat in her lap and a parrot sits on the chair back; her feet rest on the fire grate before the stove on which sits a kettle. In the foreground on a carpet and a rug beside her are three dogs. On the table beside her are a box of snuff and back-scratcher. A folding screen forms the background. On the mantel are a pair of statuettes of a woman with a spear and a dog leaping at her side (presumably Diana) and a taxidermized cat in a glass case. The picture on the wall above these objects further amplify the subject
Alternative Title:
Misanthropy
Description:
Title from caption below image ; the second "s" in "Miss" and the second "n" in "Ann" are lightly crossed out, suggesting the word "misanthropy.", Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Misanthropy, Single women, Newspapers, Kettles, Parrots, Snuff, Dogs, Cats, and Taxidermy
A stereotyped image of an old maid who wears a cap and sits very upright in a high-back chair as she reads a newspaper, The Morning Herald. She has a large, hooked nose and wears spectacles, her lips pursed with disapproval at what she reads. She has a cat in her lap and a parrot sits on the chair back; her feet rest on the fire grate before the stove on which sits a kettle. In the foreground on a carpet and a rug beside her are three dogs. On the table beside her are a box of snuff and back-scratcher. A folding screen forms the background. On the mantel are a pair of statuettes of a woman with a spear and a dog leaping at her side (presumably Diana) and a taxidermized cat in a glass case. The picture on the wall above these objects further amplify the subject
Alternative Title:
Misanthropy
Description:
Title from caption below image ; the second "s" in "Miss" and the second "n" in "Ann" are lightly crossed out, suggesting the word "misanthropy.", Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Misanthropy, Single women, Newspapers, Kettles, Parrots, Snuff, Dogs, Cats, and Taxidermy
