The Monster broke loose or, a peep into the Shakespeare-Gallery preparation showing five figures playing with

showing five figures playing with a blindfolded young man

The statue commemorates the Great Fire of London in 1666

Paddle steamships can be seen in the foreground

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 showing five figures playing with'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.