Show tall ilece 11 II the famous satirist produced a picture that for its choice ot subjects has never been equaled not long iong before the death of this genius he set about executing what he facetiously termed the tail tall ilece 11 while sitting at his own table in company with ft a number ot of boon companions he was asked by one kneif of them what would bo be the subject of 0 his next drawing lie ile gloomily answered the end ajl of all things 11 the next day he began thade the design for this painting gand and when finished it proved a most ingenious and u unique n alque efford lie ile grouped together everything that could denote the end of all things on the canvas was seen a broken bo bottle a workout stump of a broom the broken butt of an old musket an unstrung bow a cracked bell ft a crown crumbling to pieces the ruins rulus of a tower the falling signpost of an inn called the worlds end a waning moon the map of the globe burning a gallows fallin ginto decay the chains which held the tire body of the executed criminal hanging down and broken the god of day phoebus lying dead in the clouds a wrecked vessel a representation of father time with a broken scythe and hourglass a p pipe pe from which issued a faint cloud of smoke an open play bockwith book with the legend exe exeunt nt exit all stamped in the corner an mp J umu antl f tute of 1 bankruptcy a taken out against nature the finishing touch consisted of a brot broken broten en palette upon which was inscribed theford the word finis Il hogarth never again took hla his palette in hand and one month after the tile tall piece was finished he passed away detroit free press |