A ragged looking man is standing in a prison courtyard with a piece of rope in his hand; representing scorn of material wealth by a man who has none. Coloured lithograph.
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London (123 Cheapside) : G.S. Tregear
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1 print : lithograph ; image 24 x 19 cm.
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A fact. He who steals my purse steals trash, but he who steals from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him, but makes me poor indeed.
Lettering quoted from Iago in William Shakespeare, Othello, act III, scene 3
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Wellcome Collection 32840i
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