A coffin containing the body of Moll Hackabout surrounded by a parson among other so-called mourners. Engraving by William Hogarth.

The scene is "a spectrum of selfishness in the face of death" (D. Bindman, Hogarth, London 1981, p 61.) The parson spills his drink as his other hand explores beneath the dress of his female neighbour. Moll's child, in full mourning robes, sits beneath the coffin playing with a top and taking no notice of the occasion. Another woman weeps but not because of the occasion but due to a painful finger