An exchequer clerk drest as the act directs. [graphic][22 July 1773]eng"Whole length portrait of a man walking fast in profile to the right. In his left hand and resting on his left shoulder is a long pair of scales: a small pair is in his right hand. An instrument resembling a pair of shears is attached to the right side of his coat. His hat is ornamented with the feather of a pen."--British Museum online catalogue"'The Act' is evidently the Coin Act ... which had made scales necessary for all to whom payments were made in gold."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "12" in upper right corner.