Accession Number: 2002.37
Description: Disbound from a two volume set titled Hogarth's Tableaux; names of the artist, H.K. Browne, and the engraver, R. Young, appear in print beneath the illustration; depicts a blind man playing a clarinet-like instrument in front of an overgrown and run-down building that has a sign with the following, "Paradise House, this elegant Family Mansion to be Let or Sold."; a basket with a sign reading "Pity Poor Blind" is fastened to his waist; a small dog sits on the building porch, its collar connected to the musician's wrist by a cord. "Labour in Vain" --bottom margin. "London, Published By J Hogarth, 5 Haymarket." --bottom margin.
Height: 13.5
Width: 10.25
Date Made: 1854
Maker: Young, R., engraver
Place of Origin: London, England
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2002.37
Subjects: Art Blindness Steel engraving
Dimension Notes: 10.25 x 8.25 in. (composition)
Made: J. Hogarth, publisher
Material: Paper
Updated: 05/13/2014
