The Monster broke loose or, a peep into the Shakespeare-Gallery preparation The remains of Fleet Prison

The remains of Fleet Prison

Paddle steamships can be seen in the foreground

showing five figures playing with a blindfolded young man

Interior view of Trinity Hall

The statue commemorates the Great Fire of London in 1666

The Monster broke loose or, a peep into the Shakespeare-Gallery preparation The remains of Fleet Prison'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.