France freedom Britain slavery

A design in two compartments, the left side showing triumph of Necker in a land of 'Freedom', in the other that of Pitt in a land of 'Slavery'. Necker is seated in an armchair is carried on the shoulders of distinguished personages, who wave their hats. He holds in his right hand the staff and cap of 'Liberty', in his left a royal crown. Under his feet are a chain and an instrument of torture resembling a harrow. The naval officer who holds one pole of the chair is labelled 'Orleans'; his companion, in regimentals, is probably Lafayette. In the background is a cheering crowd and the broken stone wall of the 'Bastile'. On the right Pitt stands on a royal crown which bends under his weight. In his right hand is a banner on which are instruments of torture: a narrow, shackles, and scourges; in his left hand, which rests on his hip, are a headsman's axe and chains, the other ends of which are attached to persons who kneel humbly behind him, the most prominent of whom is the King. Other chains are attached to artisans, &c, who kneel abjectly before him. In the background are a gallows and a high scaffold on which stands a headsman with an axe. From Pitt's pocket projects a large tobacco-pipe inscribed 'Excise'.