The opera over!, or, "The last man" [graphic] : sans coach, sans cloak, sans every thing!! / I.V.S. Esq. invt.

[London] : Pub. June 1827 by T. Gillard, 40 Strand, [June 1827]

1 print : aquatint with etching ; plate mark 32.5 x 23 cm, on sheet 35 x 24 cm

wove paper

"A dandy, with moustache, whisker, and beard, steps gingerly from an archway, one of three lit by hanging lamps, leading from the portico of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, to the street. Water from a spout descends on his top-hat, whence it gushes fore and aft in huge streams. He wears tail-coat, short trousers, and very flimsy pumps; he holds his handkerchief round his coat-collar; his gloves fall to the ground and he steps towards a muddy stream. A link-boy leans as if asleep under the next arch. Two bills are posted: Chelsea Watermains always charged F.P. 16. ft. and Madame Pasta's Benefit Night. Title from Mary Shelley's book, published 1826, cf. British Museum Satires No. 15341."--British Museum online catalogue.

Last man

English

October 12, 2010

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, no. 15490