The puzzle [graphic].publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1756.engA group of four scholarly-looking gentlemen is engrossed in discussion over the meaning of an inscription carved on a very large stone to their right. One of them is pointing to the inscription, another is trasncribing it into his notebook. All bear on their faces an expression of puzzled effortTitle from item.Originally published in 1756 by Thomas Bowles and John Bowles & Son.Three lines of dedication below title: To the penetrating genius's of Oxford, Cambridge, Eaton [sic], Westminster, and the learned Society of Antiquarians. This curious inscription is humbly dedicated.Below the plate mark is printed another plate, 6.5 x 15 cm., engraved wtih 5 lines of text: The inscription on the stone, without having regard to the stops, capital letters, or division of the words easily reads as follows ...Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Epitaphs.