The last scene of the managers farce [print] / JS f.

Print shows a scene on the stage of a theater symbolizing Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron labeled 'Exit in Fumo' is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', etc. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. Above the bust are two angels (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, saying: "Black upon my Honour". On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox leans forward, looking through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the profile of Sir James Erskine looking over his shoulder. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare fixed on the bust. The outside of the box is traversed by the winding track of a snail, and a rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795'. Below the stage (right) appears the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork pointing to the Managers' box as he says,"By the pricking of my Thumbs Something wicked, this Way comes." Cf. George.