A huge and damaged skull, in profile to the left, rests on a small woolsack, being kept upright by a book (right). A border of shadow surrounds it, representing the flesh and blood of the owner and having a profile which is Brougham's, the nose being in striking contrast to the broken nose of the skull. On the Woolsack: 'The 'Time is out of joint | O cursed Spight! | That ever I was born | To set it right!!—' ["Hamlet", I. v]. Below the title:
<p><br>'Why may not this be the Scull of some great Lawyer? where be his 
<br>quiddets, and his quillets now? his cases and his tricks? why suffer
<br>this disgrace? nor tell him of his actions of Battery, &amp;c. &amp;c.'
<br>Hamlet, [V. i]  November 1830?
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<br>Hand-coloured lithograph
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<p>Print made by: H Burn
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<dl><dd>Published by: S W Fores</dd>
<dd>Printed by: Lefevre &amp; Kohler</dd></dl></div>
1830<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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