Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ...
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and Imperfect impression sheet trimmed to image: 325 x 400 mm. Engraved text mounted separately below: sheet 25 x 400 mm.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
