Rowlandson ‘Miseries of Travelling’ plate sells in Surrey

‘Miseries of Travelling’ is one of the 50 hand-coloured plates that make up an 1808 first edition of Thomas Rowlandson’s 'Miseries of Human Life' – in this instance “Unpacking up your clothes for a journey because your servant is a fool…”.

It comes from a copy sold for £1300 in a September 22 sale held by John Nicholson’s (25% buyer’s p…

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