Axial Commons Image Treasury
Hand-coloured caricature etching of wigged diners at a long table reacting in alarm, with a sprawled man and bottles on the floor and a ghostly robed figure in mist at right.

A vision of the first Mayor of London appears to the feasting Aldermen and warns them against luxury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1809.

A hand-coloured etching in caricature style shows diners in wigs and coats seated at a long dinner table, many gesturing in alarm, while a man lies sprawled on the floor among scattered bottles. At right, a robed, ghostly figure emerges from a cloud of mist.

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
Date
1 June 1809
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2660 px
Download full size
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1809.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Visión del primer alcalde de Londres ante comensales, 1809

Un grabado al aguafuerte coloreado a mano, de estilo caricaturesco, muestra a comensales con pelucas y casacas sentados a una larga mesa, muchos gesticulando con alarma, mientras un hombre yace desplomado en el suelo entre botellas dispersas. A la derecha, una figura fantasmal con capa surge de una nube de neblina.

Português: Visão do primeiro prefeito de Londres diante de convivas, 1809

Uma gravura em água-forte colorida à mão, em estilo de caricatura, mostra convivas de perucas e casacas sentados a uma longa mesa de jantar, muitos gesticulando em alarme, enquanto um homem jaz caído no chão entre garrafas espalhadas. À direita, uma figura fantasmagórica de manto surge de uma nuvem de névoa.