The flying figure of Mercury holding the legend of the Freeholder magazine. Etching by J. Lodge after O. Neale.

In the centre the devil holds an open book with the lettering "The lives of all the Sejanuss and their tools"; pictures of an axe and a triangular table are also shown. The obelisk contains the lettering: "Ah nogo resky O Cranon. Crock ... Rogue that thou art". Below the obelisk, a partly nude goddess stands behind a sedentary old man who reads from a book marked "Morality". In the foreground a child with paintbrushes and an easel reads from "The lives of all true honest men" and "On religion". To the left, a figure draws geometrical figures as two others look on. To the right, a gentleman kneels before a lady