The miser's feast

The miser's feast. Cartoon shows a miser seated at a table eating a meager meal; Death stands off to the right as an emaciated and naked manservant holding in his right hand a tray with a bone on it and behind him, in his left hand, the dart of death; Famine, a withered hag, naked to the waist which funnels to a point, wearing a large hat and fashionable skirt, stands at the open door through which enter a fashionably dressed prostitute and another woman carrying stolen articles to leave with the miser. Padlocked chests and cupboards, moneybags, and plastered-over windows (for tax savings purposes) attest to the avarice and miserliness of the occupant. Date 1786 March 6th

Articles Attest Avarice Chests Cupboards Dart Emaciated Enter Famine Fashionably Feast Funnels Manservant Meager Miser Miserliness Misers Moneybags Occupant Padlocked Plastered Prostitute Purposes Savings Stolen Tray Withered

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