The Saveall, or Economy Finish:Rolled with figures watching the parade

with figures watching the parade from the building on the left

showing the town of Hastings and a stormy sea crashing against the coastline

Ella and Leon

showing a seaman fumbling beneath skirts of two women with other figures on the street

The Saveall, or Economy Finish:Rolled with figures watching the parade'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.