A bailiff and an attorney. A match for the devil [graphic].

A lawyer sitting on the left at his desk looks over his shoulder and points with his quill pen as he gives instructions to two thuggish bailiffs who carry bundles of writs. In his hand is a form with 'Middlesex' and 'Wit' written at the upper left and midway down the sheet 'Jno. Doe & Richd. Roe'; on the wall above his desk is pinned a sheet 'Bills of costs, 1793.' The view out the window in the center of the image shows buildings along a water front, a rowboat on the river, and a smoking stack in the distance. On the back wall on the right are bookshelves with titles such as Burn's Justice and Practice Kings Bench