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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)

The Last Drop.

5 Apr 1811

RCIN 810843

Rowlandson copied this print from one published by Matthew and Mary Darly in 1773. The image may have appealed because it allowed Rowlandson to portray a gleeful, skeletal Death poised to strike the man, who stands on tiptoes to drain the last drop from a punchbowl. ‘Usquebaugh’, inscribed on one of the bottles on the floor, is Gaelic for whiskey. Cat. 84
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    BM Satires 9786 (BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12.)


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