Cartoon satirizing Richard Watson's opposition to the French Commercial Treaty.
Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed "Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France", and "Chemical Deductions {impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers My Vote against the Treaty"; in the central bulb above his head are small etchings of St Paul's and Lincoln Cathedrals; between them is etched: Some fancy this Promotion odd As not the handy-work of God Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift. Cf. BM Satires.