<i>The Last Joke, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellagio,_Lombardy" class="extiw" title="w:Bellagio, Lombardy">Bellagio</a></i>, also known as <i>A Good Joke.</i>  This photograph was to win first place in the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Photographer" class="extiw" title="w:Amateur Photographer">Amateur Photographer's</a></i> Photographic Holiday Work Competition, appearing in the 25 November 1887 issue.  It was considered the only spontaneous work in the competition, judged by British photographer Dr. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Henry_Emerson" class="extiw" title="w:Peter Henry Emerson">Peter Henry Emerson</a>.  The  photograph is of children laughing and talking as they gather about a woman who appears to be collecting water.  It is closely cropped, focusing on the children, with architectural arches in the background providing a stage set for the image.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alfred_Stieglitz" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alfred Stieglitz"><span title="American photographer (1864-1946)">Alfred Stieglitz</span></a>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.35179.html">National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection</a>