The Saveall, or Economy smile View of the Dean's house

View of the Dean's house in Dean's Court

and the tower of St John's dominating the scene

An extremely fat man removes his clay pipe to tell his one-legged rider not to go too fast

view of the inauguration of the new Metropolitan Cattle Market

Gibbet at Blackwall

The Saveall, or Economy smile View of the Dean's house'The Saveall, or Economy', 1828. The Duke of Wellington stands between Apsley House, (his future home still under construction), and the Triumphal Arch on Constitution Hill. He holds a candlestick fitted with a saveall, a device which allowed the wick to burn to the very bottom without waste. The image is a satire on Wellington's lavish expenditure and trifling domestic economies.