Sitting in the open door to a shabby-looking room, John Robinson, former Secretary to the Treasury, watches rats with human bodies crawl on their hands and knees toward traps that offer political or personal advancement. His identity is revealed by a partially visible portrait, signed, "Robinson Crusoe," hanging above the doorway. On the walls hang an unframed portrait of William III partially concealed by a huge spider-web, a framed portrait of Charles I, and a tattered document inscribed, "Magna Charta in fine preservation."
Alternative Title:
Jack Renegado's new patent traps
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 27, 1784, by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Robinson, John, 1727-1802.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Humor, Rats, and Animal traps