The chair before the throne [print] / G. Cruikshank fect.

Print shows a fantastic armchair occupied by a wig-block, on a stand like a candlestick, carved to represent the bland features of the Regent, which are framed by his wig and (false) whiskers. The oval back of the chair is bordered by the curved and elongated bodies of (?) Liverpool (left) and Castlereagh (right). Between their profile heads, and decorating the top of the chair is the head of Eldon, full-face, in his Chancellor's wig, together with the mace and the purse of the Great Seal. The arms of the chair are coiling rattlesnakes whose heads rest on two props: Lord Yarmouth (left) and McMahon (right). Both stand on tiptoe in profile to left and right, with their curved backs resting against, and supporting, the chair. Yarmouth, who wears top-boots with a long caped-coat reaching to the ground, holds a bottle labelled 'Curacoa'. McMahon, wearing top-boots and tail-coat, holds a large purse. The chair stands within a circle formed by a serpent with its tail in its mouth; it is framed by draped curtains.