Billy the Bamboozler robbing the cobler the portrait of him taken just before he was turnd. off. [graphic][9 January 1789]eng"Pitt in the guise of a robber who is about to be hanged. He aims a pistol at the head of a cobbler, saying, "You Rascall, You keep a Shop, and shall pay for it". The cobbler, kneeling hat in hand, in profile to the left, says, "Lord Sir, mines only a Stall, Have mercy on my Wife & Family". Part of his bulk or stall appears behind him (right). Behind Pitt (left) Richmond kneels on the ground, holding out his cocked hat for the coins which the former drops into it; he points to houses of playing-cards which are round him on the ground and represent his scheme of fortifications ..."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched above image.Caption below image: Some account of the life and behavior of William Pett alias Billy the Bamboozler.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.DeGrey's manuscript note on verso.Watermark: initials F N D [...]