Melopoyn (a distressed poet) and the manager [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmakerJuly 27, 1793.eng"Melopoyn, a gaunt, black-clad figure, standing at left by a table covered with sheaves of paper, at which sits a theatre manager to whom he has submitted a play for consideration, who gestures emptily at him; illustration to Tobias Smollett, 'The Adventures of Roderick Random' (London, 1793), Vol. 2. 1793."--British museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Illustration to: Adventures of Roderick Random. Possibly from: Illustrations by Rowlandson to Smollett's Works. Cf. British Art Center ND497.R78 I45 1799.Placement directions in upper right corner of plate: v. 2, p. 112.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.