The Sour prospect before us, or The Ins throwing up

Print shows a row of seven ministers vomiting copiously at the prospect of being turned out following the anticipated passing of the Regency Bill. They are (left to right) Lord Chatham, First Lord of the Admiralty, vomiting an anchor; the Marquis of Stafford, Lord Privy Seal, vomiting a zebra, inscribed 'Privy Seal' (the zebra or 'Queen's Ass' here probably indicating a special attachment to the Queen); Lord Camden, Lord President of the Privy Council, emits a paper inscribed 'Precedency' (he moved on December 10 for a committee to report on precedents relating to the Regency); Richmond, Master of the Ordnance, emits a cannon and balls; Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, emits a sealed letter inscribed 'Secretaryship'; Thurlow vomits the Great Seal in its bag; and Pitt spits up a key, probably that of the Treasury. Cf. George.