"A lawyer on the left and a stout government minister on the right, seated at a table and clinking glasses with the Devil who is assisting them; the room is littered with money bags labelled 'Perquisites in Office' etc. and bills labelled 'Contrivance to raise New Taxes' etc.; the mace lying in the left foreground and a picture on the wall of the five loaves and two fish."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
En emploi
Description:
Title from text below image, in English and French., After Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.194., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Companion print numbered "540": Out of Place. Hors d'emploi., Numbered "539" in lower left corner., No. 28 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Bribery, Corruption, Devil, Government officials, Lawyers, Money, Offices, and Toasting