Lettered within image with title, artist's initials and further lines, below with publication line: "J S f / Publd by R Spencer Gt Ormond Street 19 April 1810."
Cartoon inspired by the Gas Light Bill for the establishment of the Westminster Gas Light and Coke Co.
Below the title within the lower portion of the design: Extract from Moore's Almanack for the Year 1811 / "And it shall come to pass / That Mr Winsor's Patent Gas / Will very soon / Eclipse the Moon / And when that's done / Put out the Sun."
A street-lamp containing three gas-jets stands like a light-house on a rough stone mound between the sea (right) and a hill; these are lit by rays from the lamp which irradiate a dark sky and impinge upon a waning moon with a profile inset in a dark circle, and a dusky sun whose irradiated face looks out from clouds.