The subjects which especially awakened the pencil of Thomas
Rowlandson were the denizens of the squalid quarters of London.
Muther says of him: “The cry of misery rising from the pavement
of great cities had been first heard by Rowlandson, and the
pages on which he drew the poor of London are a living dance of
death of the most ghastly veracity.” (Text.)
(2038)
=Misfortune=--See DESIRES INORDINATE.
=Misfortune, Meeting=--See NATURE, ENJOYMENT OF.