Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Ruse & Turners.
Title from heading above image., Two columns of verse below image: Flee o'er the dale! flee o'er the bourn! no tarry though ye overturn ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from heading above image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Twelve lines of text below image: I've seen a ghost! and heard it groan! my blood run cold, at ev'ry tone ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 22 x 27 cm.
A fat lawyer clutching a purse is sped toward the flames of hell on a skeletal horse ridden by Death who is depicted as a skeleton carrying a scythe. A naked long-haired devil holding snakes pursues them on a snorting white horse, while in the foreground, beside a chained Cerberus, jubilant demons welcome the new arrival
Description:
Title from words etched in banner at top of image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Copy, after No. 6128 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by E. King, Chancery Lane and Printed by N. Chater
Subject (Topic):
Cerberus (Greek mythology), Lawyers, Hell, Horses, Horseback riding, Devil, Demons, and Death
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Two columns of verse below image: Behold the candle! woeful sight! a sheet is winding from the light!, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
