Safety Chain Approval No. 2. Oh! I was right to buy a safety chain!, Pierre-Roch Vigneron, 1817

Social satire: a frenchman, his face seen in absurd foreshortening, with a chain looped around his arm, looks into an empty pocket. May 1817 hand-coloured lithograph. Date: 1817. Dimensions: Height: 296 mm; Width: 194 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Agrément des Chaînes de sureté no.2. Ah! que j'ai bien fait d'acheter une chaîne de sureté! (BM 1990,0303.22)