Affidavit that between 24 June and 25 Dec. 1799 he had no income under the King [George III] other than his military allowance as a Provincial officer; includes a certification by Charles Cooke, [n.d.], regarding the affidavit and a receipt, 15 Aug. 1800, related to same.; Printed form
"Specification of the Sums of Money, paid . . . according to His Majesty's [George III's] orders, to the different German Princes, whose Troops have been taken into the Pay of Great Britain."
Avarice is illustrated by the King and Queen hugging bags of money, drunkenness by an inebriated Prince of Wales, gambling by the Duke of York at a gaming table, and debauchery by the Duke of Clarence and Mrs. Jordan embracing.; George: 8095, Gimbel: 238. "A satire on the Royal Proclamation of 21 May, which was directed chiefly against Paine's writings" [Gimbel].