An old miser unlocks his treasure chest and clutches a bag of money. Stipple engraving, 1787.

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Sepr.1 1787
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32330i
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An old miser unlocks his treasure chest and clutches a bag of money. Stipple engraving, 1787. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An episode in John Gay, Fables by the late Mr. Gay, etc, Fable VI, London 1795, 'The miser and Plutus': "The wind was high, the window shakes, / With sudden start the miser wakes / ... Then opens the chest with treasure stor'd / And stands in rapture o'er his hoard."

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London (No. 10 near Castle Street, Holborn) : C. Taylor, Sepr.1 1787.

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1 print : stipple engraving ; image 10 x 8 cm

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The miser. Opens the chest with treasure stor'd.

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Wellcome Collection 32330i

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