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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)
The Last Drop.
5 Apr 1811RCIN 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 : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 9786
