The unknown tongue [graphic]

Lord Brougham, wearing the dress of a German broom-girl and holding a broom resembling a ceremonial mace, stands on the woolsack on the left and points to peers and others in the House of Lords on the right; his words "Reform. O. Reform. O Reform O!!!" are etched within a speech bubble above. An arm protruding from the curtain on the far left holds out a document inscribed "50 NEW PEERS." The audience looks horrified, with the words "Treason," "Death," "Murder," "Sacrilge [sic]," and "Horror" coming from those in the back. In the foreground on the right, Wellington raises his arm up in defense and says "O fie, fie"; the Duke of Cumberland on the far right says "Burke her Bishop." Two bishops flee to the right, one falling backwards over a bench inscribed "The BENCH but not the Kings Bench."