The last resource;-or- Van Buchells garters., Albinia Hobart, 1791

The enormously fat mrs. Hobart sits in profile to the left in a small armchair, her right foot on a stool, her leg exposed. She places round its grotesque girth a ribbon garter, the central part of which is stiffened by a spring. Perched on her hair is a small straw hat with a high silk crown from which a veil hangs down her back. On the wall behind her is a picture: 'nina', a small thin man kneels before the stout and terrified nina (who believes him to be the ghost of her lover). 3 october 1791 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1791. Dimensions: Height: 274 mm; Width: 173 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Albinia Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire. Collection: British Museum. Le derniere ressource;-or- Van Buchells garters. (BM 1868,0808.6107)