"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 catalogue
Description:
Title 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., and Mounted to 20 x 27cm.
