Comus the fall of the house of usher View of the Old George

View of the Old George Inn

with his clothing disarranged

A stout woman sells buns to a woman with three children standing in their doorway

Esterhazy was secretary of the Austrian embassy in London during the Napoleonic Wars

View of St Thomas' Hospital

Comus the fall of the house of usher View of the Old GeorgeComus, c1852. The allegorical story in Comus centres on a virtuous lady who becomes separated from her two brothers while traveling in the woods. The lady encounters the evil sorcerer Comus, son of Bacchus and Circe, who imprisons her by magic in his palace. In debate the lady rejects Comus' hedonistic philosophy and defends temperance and chastity.