An attack on the Regency restrictions as a plot to secure patronage and money for the Queen and for Pitt.
Etched text in two columns below image reads: Midas, by Old Gruff-Pan, by Young Pert, and Mysis, by a Lady ... And I warrant in Council we'll Sack it.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Print shows Pitt, Thurlow, and the Queen in conference at a round table; they are depicted as three characters from O'Hara's burletta, "Midas": Pitt as Pan has goat's legs; he is seated on a stool and says "I'll snore"; he is labeled 'Delay & Weakness' but has a paper, 'Energy', 'Vigour', 'Dispatch'. Thurlow, as Midas, opposite him says "I'll swear"; he is labeled 'Pliability' but has a book: 'Positive Man a Farce [by O'Keefe]'. The Queen sits between them, looking slyly at Pitt and saying, "W'll share". She is dressed like a farmer's wife; she grasps a heap of small fish, evidently denoting the patronage accruing from her control of the King's Household under the Regency Bill. Before her is a book: 'Housewifery'. Coins fall from the over-full pockets of Pitt and Thurlow. On the front of the cloth which covers the table is a bunch of grapes inscribed 'Unanimity'. On the wall behind Pitt's head is a crown, above which is 'Virtually', and below it, 'Bill Pert's Plan'. On the floor by Pitt is a reptilian creature bristling with barbed fangs and inscribed 'Young G's letter'. Near Thurlow is a paper torn in half: 'Plan \ by One'. On the wall are two pictures: one (left) is 'Secret Influence'. Pitt empties a sack of guineas into a pit, Thurlow comes up with a sack ('10000') on his shoulders, while (?) Arden sits in a cart with other sacks, grasping one inscribed '10000'. The Queen, with a broom, assists Pitt to fill his pit. The other (right) is 'Public Transfer': a stout lady, probably Mrs. Schwellenberg, leads 'To Germany' a horse inscribed 'Hanover Hack' which is heavily laden with money-bags inscribed 'Savings'. Cf. George.