Satire on Colonel Francis Charteris based on BM Satires 1842, lettered with references to "The  Explanation" on either side: A. the facade of Newgate Gaol with the gaoler beneath, his motto translated as "Bad  accommodation", supported on arches springing from four columns;  B. Venus on a chariot drawn by doves resting on clouds, her motto translated as "One Sufficeth not"; C. Plutus, the blindfold god of wealth, who has laid money bags on the steps up which Charteris walks, stays the sword of Justice with one hand and takes the Colonel's hand with the other; two other women perhaps representing his victims stand beside Justice;  D. at the foot of the steps lies a hydra, representing the "Mob" commenting on Charteris's shameful behaviour; E. Mercury, the "God of Cheats", stands beside Plutus holding playing-cards, dice and slung around with "Deeds and Conveyances of Estates"; at  the bottom corners two medallions with scenes, F. Charteris taking Money by  the hand while Virtue looks on, with a Latin motto translated as  "I prefer the Gainfull", G. Justice leading Charteris "Slow but  sure" towards Newgate across Holborn Bridge towards Newgate; six lines of Latin, on either side of a coat-of-arms, on  the plinth supporting the columns echo those praising Walpole; H. on the lower step of the plinth, "Pray what is Hercules the Hydra Killing/To C-s worth two Plumbs from scarce a Shilling.". 1730
<br>		Etching with engraved lettering
circa 1730 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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