The Monster broke loose or, a peep into the Shakespeare-Gallery preparation when some of the pictures

when some of the pictures were damaged

The remains of Fleet Prison

Paddle steamships can be seen in the foreground

showing five figures playing with a blindfolded young man

one sits playing an instrument while the other two pick and collect fruit

The Monster broke loose or, a peep into the Shakespeare-Gallery preparation when some of the pictures'The Monster broke loose or, a peep into the Shakespeare Gallery', 1791. Alderman John Boydell, wearing a greedy expression, slashes with a large knife at the pictures in his gallery in Pall Mall; a suggestion was made by malicious persons, when some of the pictures were damaged, that Boydell had done it himself to excite public sympathy.