Downfall of Monopoly in 1800

Death, a skeleton atop a horse, chases monopolizers who are trying to flee with supplies including corn, bacon, sugar, cheese, and hops. Behind him, men and women dance around a statue of Britannia. At right, two women and three infants rejoice over a loaf of bread.

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959