Part of the interior of a large church, perhaps intended for Westminster Abbey. Burke and Sheridan, dressed in deep mourning, are weeping over the tomb of North and Fox. The figures of North and Fox (with a fox's head) lie side by side, on a rectangular tomb, their hands held together but the fingers not touching. North is the nearer; his obesity conceals much of Fox, his eyes are closed, he is fully dressed, his bag-wig dangling over the side of the tomb. Fox looks alert, his tongue hanging from his mouth. The tomb is inscribed, 'They were lovely in their lives and in their Death they were not divided'. At the head of the tomb (right) a crossbeam, forming a gallows inscribed 'The True Reward of Such Virtues', rests on the capitals of two Corinthian columns. From it hang two nooses of rope; below, on a slab between the pillars, is inscribed, 'Thus Gamesters united in Friendship are found'.
<p><br>Burke (left) and Sheridan (right) stand together in theatrical attitudes, Sheridan's arm across Burke's shoulder; each holds a handkerchief to his face. Large mourning-scarves are draped round their wide flat hats and over their shoulders. Burke, identified by the paper inscribed 'Sublime and Beautiful' protruding from his pocket, says "Alass; Under the best of K---gs", an allusion to his speech of 15 Apr. 1782, see BMSat 5979. A black-bordered locket dangles from his neck. Sheridan, identified by papers inscribed 'Theatrical Justice' and 'The Critic', says "Ah Sure a Pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by Nature."
<br>In the background are other tombs. A rectangular Gothic tomb, on which reclines a draped figure, is behind that of Fox and North. Against the wall (left) behind Burke is a tomb 'sacred to ... Virtues of Jemmy Twitcher' (Lord Sandwich), it is ornamented by a trophy of crossed axes. A figure hanging from a gallows, part of a decorative wall-tablet, is inscribed 'Here Rests Watt Tyler'. A large rectangular wall-tablet inscribed 'To the Glorious  of Jonathan ... Wilde', is decorated by scourges, birch-rods, and a skull and cross-bones.  27 March 1784
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1784<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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