Two women stand, one in each of two baskets which are fixed pannier-wise across an ass. Each is draped in a sheet and the nearer figure has a rope round her neck. Between their heads is a large open volume, one page inscribed 'Le Gazetier Cuirassé', the other, 'Memoire dune Fille Publique'. In front of the book is the head of Medusa, writhing with serpents, two serpents coming from its mouth. On the back of the ass is a wheel probably signifying that Morande, the writer of the two books whose titles are given, deserved to be broken on the wheel. The ass is covered with a voluminous drapery under the saddle, and from its nose come barbed darts. Behind is a gallows, and in the background on the left a windmill. Beneath the design is inscribed,
<p><br><br>"If you know the Gazitier, You will know the Ass" 20 December 1774 
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1774<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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