Person who is reluctant to spend, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions

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The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.

A miser and usurer holding a money-bag is accosted by a poor man on crutches.  Woodcut by J. Amman, c. 1568.

A doctor meets an old Scottish convalescent who bemoans the cost of health care. Wood engraving, 1914.

A miser looks at his hoard of gold through his spectacles, with six lines of poetry by J. Gay. Stipple engraving by Balston.

A man and a woman are counting their money with Death watching, armed with hourglass and scythe. Mezzotint by I. Meheux.

A money lender sits at her kitchen table studying her money. Line engraving by D. Sornique after F.A. Kraus.

A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

An old man leans over a table counting the money in his hand as a girl peeps through the door. Etching by T. Sibson.

The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.

Two men exhibiting postures which express their character: on the left a man of 'brutal sensibility', on the right, a miser. Drawing by D.N. Chodowiecki, c. 1789.

An old man is sitting at a table counting his money as a young couple look at one another over his head. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after L. Löfftz.

An old miser unlocks his treasure chest and clutches a bag of money. Stipple engraving, 1787.

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Misers

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The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.

A money lender sits at her kitchen table studying her money. Line engraving by D. Sornique after F.A. Kraus.

An old man is sitting at a table counting his money as a young couple look at one another over his head. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after L. Löfftz.

An old man leans over a table counting the money in his hand as a girl peeps through the door. Etching by T. Sibson.

An old miser unlocks his treasure chest and clutches a bag of money. Stipple engraving, 1787.

Misers

Images from the collections

Images referencing Misers

Works from the collections

The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.

A money lender sits at her kitchen table studying her money. Line engraving by D. Sornique after F.A. Kraus.

An old man is sitting at a table counting his money as a young couple look at one another over his head. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after L. Löfftz.

An old man leans over a table counting the money in his hand as a girl peeps through the door. Etching by T. Sibson.

An old miser unlocks his treasure chest and clutches a bag of money. Stipple engraving, 1787.

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