The Last Gasp, or Toadstools Mistaken for Mushrooms
Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson
September 1, 1813 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints
The cobbler leans over his wife who is tied to a chair with her wrists bound. With his awl between his teeth he pulls at the threads with which he is stitching up her mouth. Another woman holds a candle over them at right.
- Artist
- Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson
- Date
- September 1, 1813
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959