John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Reno, Nevada
The Lilley Museum of Art is located on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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- Thomas Landseer
- Distressed Poet; or Three Weeks in Arrears, 1828
- Etching
- 8 x 6.437 in
- Inv: 2017.8.93
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Title: Distressed Poet; or Three Weeks in Arrears from Monkey-Ana or Men in Miniature
Artist: Thomas Landseer
Publisher: Moon, Boys & Graves, London
Date: 1828
Medium: Illustration; etching on paper
Credit Line: Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
"The muse saw it upward rise. Tho mark'd by none but quick poetick eyes." - Pope
Item description: The ape-poet, almost naked, stands pen in hand trembling before his landlady who from behind the partly open door holds out her bill. On his rough table are a lean cat, an overturned ink-pot, and a manuscript. The poet's seat is two blocks of wood covered with his breeches. A bare bone and broken fork are on the floor.
- Collections: Prints
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