Above the two circles: 'Such Britain was! - Such Flanders, Spain, Holland, now is!' Between them: 'from such a sad reverse O Gracious God, preserve our Country!!'; directly below the titles is etched: 'To the People & the Parliament of Great-Britain, this Print is dedicated, by the Crown & Anchor Society.
At foot of sheet: "Curs'd be the Man who owes his Greatness to his Country's Ruin!!!!!
A design in two adjacent circles, with inscriptions above and below the circles on an aquatinted ground. [1] The kitchen of a young English farmer who sits with his arm round a little boy (right) who stands at his knee eating an apple, while his pretty wife (left) holds out a buxom child to kiss him. He holds a sickle. A dog sits at his feet. Behind (right), before a blazing fire, a young woman places a sirloin of beef upon a round table, laid for a meal, with a large pitcher beside it. A pestle and mortar and other brass utensils are neatly ranged on the chimney-piece, beside which is a spit. A ham and string of onions hang on the wall. Through an open door (left) are a hen and chickens, two pigs feeding in a stye, and a haystack. The title continues: 'Prosperity & Domestick-Happiness.' [2] A young farmer lies stabbed to the heart by a bayonet, surrounded by his despairing and terrified wife and three children. Behind (right) is a ruined house. In the background (left) French soldiers are driving off sheep and cattle, and a village (right) is in flames. Behind is the sea with ships of war at anchor. The title continues: 'Invasion, Massacre & Desolation.'