The Prodigal Son in Misery
PrintmakerEtched by
Amos Doolittle
American, 1754 - 1832
PublisherPublished by
Shelton & Kensett
American, founded 1813
Date1814
MediumEtching; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/2 x 9 3/4in. (31.8 x 24.8cm)
Platemark (height x width): 14 x 10 1/2in. (35.6 x 26.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/4 x 11 1/8in. (36.2 x 28.3cm)
Platemark (height x width): 14 x 10 1/2in. (35.6 x 26.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/4 x 11 1/8in. (36.2 x 28.3cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA young man wearing a coat, shirt, breeches, hose, slippers, and a hat is seated on a bank in what appears to be a pig sty. His clothes are torn and ragged. Two pigs eat from a wooden trough at the right. Another pig stands in the foreground near a whip. The head of a fourth pig is visible behind the wooden shelter in the right background. A board fence and a large tree are in the left background. A house, possibly with a thatched roof, trees, and hills are in the distance.
Object number1992.140.3
InscribedOn recto, etched title beneath image, printed in black ink, "The PRODIGAL SON in MISERY/ St. Luke 15 Chap. 16. V. / He would fain have filled his Belly with the husks that the swine did eat."On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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