What a cur 'tis/ [Gillray].

Lord Howe sits full-face in an armchair, reading a 'Gazette' headed 'June 1st 1794'. He wears naval uniform, with a hat, smokes a long pipe and scowls meditatively. A dog with the head of Sir Roger Curtis grovels at his feet, kissing his right toe; he has a collar inscribed 'Black Dick's Dog'. Behind Howe is a row of windows close together, with a view of the sea and ships. Beneath the windows is a broad shelf on which are wine-bottles, a sextant, and a punch-bowl. On a table at Howe's right hand are a glass of wine and a plan of Torbay. Beneath the title: 'Done from an Original Drawing by a British Officer - & publish'd as a Guide to Preferment'.