Political ravishment, or the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in danger! Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm women wearing huge over-trimmed hats

women wearing huge over-trimmed hats and and men with their hair shaved at the back but bunched and projecting under one side of their hats

The Royal Hospital with formal gardens and walkways leading down to the River Thames where boats pass up and down

with prisoners working in the foreground overseen by prison officers

Old Bailey

Political ravishment, or the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in danger! Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm women wearing huge over-trimmed hats'Political ravishment, or the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in danger!', 1797; showing a thin old woman dressed in one pound notes, throwing up her arms in terror as William Pitt embraces her with his right hand and takes guineas from her pocket with his left. The satire is a protest against the introduction of paper money.