Plate Two from Misery
1851
Charles Rambert (French, active 1836–1867) printed by Kaeppelin published by Victor Delarue (French, 19th century)
France
The text on this print translates as, “She is in power, already she bends man under her irony, forever forbids him to sing and shows him the sole purpose of his life; the bread he must tear from her.”
Lithograph in black on cream China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)