[The grinders] [graphic].pub. according to [the] act 1757.eng"Satire on the times in four compartments each showing the figure of Time and a grindstone in relation to current events: the incompetent management of war with France; John Barnard's lottery scheme, in which Henry Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, had invested heavily; Henry Fox's "Treachery,Vanity, Folly & Impudence" which Pitt promises to crush; the burden of taxes on all but the friends of the Devil."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from British Museum catalogue.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Design divided into four compartments, each with its own title and numbered Part 1 to 4.Temporary local subject terms: Grinding stones -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- British Lion -- Personifications: Time -- Frenchmen -- Spaniards.Mounted to 23 x 38 cm.