A man in a wig is holding a book aloft as a devil on the ground holds a chain attached to his ankle; a stork has alighted on a basket and a hand places a bag of money on a tombstone. Aquatint by L.R. after O.P.

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Doctor plot. Curs'd be the art by which I was decoy'd, And doom'd the vassal of this miscreant pride; To stand pourtray'd, a prisoner of state, Upon his coaches, and iron gate, And stamp a satire on his purloin'd plate. O.P del. L R sculp.

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