Pitt stands in profile to the left, leaning forward and stretching out his right hand to take the hilt of an irradiated sword, which descends towards him from the upper left corner of the design, where are three heads of cherubs. Pitt's appearance is idealized; he has a profile of classical correctness, the attitude of a stage hero; his left hand is held backwards over a circular table on which lies a book inscribed 'Locke on the human Understanding'. On the wall behind this is a bust portrait of Chatham, wearing peer's robes and a tie-wig. On the left of the wall and behind the sword is an open sash-window, through which is seen a crowd of heads with a banner inscribed 'The Harmonic Society'; they are Pitt's opponents.
<p><br>As in the other prints of this series, the words of the speakers are etched in very small script over or beside the heads of the speakers. The three cherubs address Pitt, the first saying,
<br><br>"------This sword of Justice take;
<br>And as thy Father us'd it, so do thou
<br>Thy King and Country, now, await thy strength,
<br>To crush the vipers that would ruin both.
<br>God save great George your King,"
<br><br>The second,
<br>"Long may he live and reign,"
<br><br>The third,
<br>"God save your King."
<br><br>Pitt says,
<br>"Though I am ignorant in the ways of men, 
<br>I yet can boast a heart, as free from guilt 
<br>As any be, who e'er did wield this sword; 
<br>And whilst a sinew nerv'st this arm of mine, 
<br>Or whilst my veins run full with Chathams blood, 
<br>I'll save my Country, and my King with truth; 
<br>And thus I take it - to support them both." 
<br><br>The members of the 'Harmonic Society' outside the window are singing, their faces in profile to the right and looking up at Pitt, except North who is full-face, with a fixed scowl. Faint dotted lines (confusedly) connect their words with their mouths.
<br>North sings, "oh damn Pitt's limbs and eyes"; Fox, who is next him, sings, "O Nick, Nick, now arise"; Keppel sings, "O hear our call"; Burke, wearing spectacles and a Jesuit's biretta (cf. BMSat 6026), sings, "Take him, and 's politicks". An almost hidden profile, which appears to belong to a mitre, probably that of Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph, sings, "That he mayn't see our tricks". An invisible speaker says, "Give him infernal kicks". Behind (left) are Lord John Cavendish and the Duke of Portland (wearing a coronet), who sings "Or we must fall". Prominent in the foreground is Sheridan; a large scroll attached to his neck hangs over the window-sill inside the room; it is inscribed:
<br><br>'We'll ne'er get credit more 
<br>If we've no place in store
<br>To fee a dun 
<br>What will the People say 
<br>When we are out of play 
<br>And cant our Tradesmen pay
<br>O, we're undone. 
<br>The members are requested to 
<br>bring as many Friends as possible.'
<br><br>A heavy tasselled curtain drapes the side of the window, and the left side of the design.  18 February 1784
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<br>Etching
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