A Doleful Disaster, or Miss Fubby Fatarmin's Wig Caught Fire

Thomas Rowlandson British
 Publisher Thomas Tegg British

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A plump lady's hair is on fire and has overturned a chair and tea tray. Screaming servants rush in from the right. A footman holds up a table-cloth to fling over her head, and his companion flings the liquid contents of a bucket in her face.

A Doleful Disaster, or Miss Fubby Fatarmin's Wig Caught Fire, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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