With a verse from Shakespeare's "Othello" added under the title: Whipt be such Honest Knaves, - Shakes -.
Attributed to Topham by the repository.
Library's copy is closely trimmed within plate mark.
In the aftermath of the crisis of early 1783, the past and future ministers are depicted at a table competing for their share in the government. Foremost among them are Fox and North, seated at the top of the table to the left of the King who offers them a loaf signed "Secretary of State." They both hold on to the loaf signed "Treasury," while Lord Shelburne, putting his arm on the shoulder of Dunning, is seated to the King's right, and is now empty-handed. In the lower right corner of the image, two dogs identified as "Pay Office Clerks," attempt to sneak away with bags of money, an allusion to Burke's reinstatement of two clerks, Powell and Bembridge, accused of malversation before his return to the office of paymaster-general. The other two on the right side of the table are Keppel and Burke. Opposite Burke, at the near left corner of the table, sits Conway, the Commander-in-Chief, in general's uniform.