The Distressed Poet. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The poverty of the poet's family becomes an object of satire to Hogarth, who thought that the poet, by persisting in his talentless efforts at poverty, was neglecting his family. His wife, badgered by the milkmaid, is a sympathetic figure as she sits mending amid the squalor of her one-room household.
By William Hogarth.
Illus. in: The Original Works of William Hogarth (London: J. and J. Boydell, 1790.
Ref. copy may be in LCQJ, Summer 1982.
This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Caption card tracings: Cartoons, Br.; Poetry; Poverty; Occupations Poet; Publ. Ind.