The humble petition to an illustrious personage from a remarkably modest, un-assuming character

Lord Munster, with a dark-skinned complexion, kneels before the throne, angrily displaying a huge petition, one end of which lies on the dais against the King's leg. William IV turns from his son, warding him off, and saying 'Too bad too bad'; his cone-shaped head is in back view. Large papers project from Munster's coat-pocket: 'G-v-rn-r G-n-r-l India' and 'Secret Service £10,000'. At his feet is a third paper: 'My service & my Travels merit a better doom Than a paltry Civil List 500 pounds'. His petition: 'Whereas my pretensions to act my part upon the Great Theatre of Life are founded upon the acknowledged talents of my progenitors upon that same public Theatre And Whereas my assumption of the Liveries and Royal Arms of the United Kingdoms becomes expedient to the legitimate support of my personal Dignity and Authority over the ignorant and swinish multitude--the Nation of Slaves. And Whereas &c. &c. &c.' On the wall behind him is a picture, the frame surmounted by a coronet: two ruffians hold up the legs of the Duke of Clarence (b. 1449), plunged headfirst in a butt of 'Malmsey'. This is inscribed 'Buried at Tewkesbury A.D. 1748'; the date is corrected in pen to "1478", and "Edd 4th" is added. Above the design, in pen, an additional title: 'A late Creation!!! La! What a Munster!!!' ['u' crossed out and replaced with 'o'].