The Saveall, or Economy Finish:Rolled View of Painter-Stainers' Hall

View of Painter-Stainers' Hall

View of a horse drawn carriage on the Kentish Town Road

with figures watching the parade from the building on the left

Ella and Leon

was still rural in the eighteenth century

The Saveall, or Economy Finish:Rolled View of Painter-Stainers' Hall'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.