Cheyt-syngs, ghost

Print shows Hastings (right) shrinking in terror at the apparition of Chait Singh (left) who emerges from clouds, a rope round his neck, his left hand raised threateningly; they stand on opposite sides of a rectangular table covered with a fringed cloth, behind which sits a lady reading a book which lies on the table, entitled "The State of India", her dress and large feathered hat heavily decked with jewels; Hastings, who wears oriental dress with a jewelled turban, has overturned his chair, and two Indian servants (right) stand behind Hastings; in the center of the wall, behind the lady, are shelves on which are money-bags, some inscribed "Rupees" and "Pagod[as]", jewels, and a large turban inscribed "Cheyt Syng".