Two standing figures resist the advances of Greely, shown dressed in a "Dolly Varden" costume and seated on a bench. Grant is visible in the background.
Two politicians, as doctors, offer competing advice to a personified Constitution.; Gimbel: 297 "Paine recommended changes in the British Constitution in several of his works." [Gimbel]
Eight public figures are depicted reading excerpts from Rights of Man and reacting to them. Fox, Sheridan and Wollstonecraft are the three supporters of Paine's writings while the rest deplore them.; Shortly before the publication of this cartoon, Mary Wollstonecraft published a well-known response to Burke entitled A Vindication of the Rights of Men. Considering this, and following the lead of catalogs at other institutions, we have identified the second figure from the left on the lower row as Mary Wollstonecraft. We offer the viewer the benefit of acknowledging that the figure could have been intended to represent either Helen Maria Williams whose Letters from France (1790–96) strongly extolled French revolutionary ideals, or Catharine Macaulay whose pamphlet response to Burke had also been recently published. The interested researcher is encouraged to explore further.
A mock escutcheon for the College of Surgeons. The supporters are figures of Thomas Paine and the Duke of Bedford holding his decapitated head. Rights of Man and The Age of Reason are among the books beneath the shield.; George v. 7, No. 9193.
Paine sleeps on a bed of straw, surrounded by parodies of his works, watched over by Fox and Priestley as guardian angels, and dreams of his trial. A demon holding a fiddle and sheet music inscribed "Ca ira" flees through the window.; George: 8137, Gimbel: 240. Five copies, variations in color.
James Paull and his petition, having arrived in the House of Commons on the back of Burdett, "the green goose from Brentford", is strongly rebuked by the Speaker. His supporters, including Cobbett, stand nearby while Tooke and Bosville start to move away. ; George: 10708, Gimbel: 260
Self-portrait by Gillray. Among his prints, visible on the wall behind him is "The Rights of Man", his caricature of Thomas Paine. (see Paine 75 G41r).; George: 9569. Negative and positive photostats.
A Tower of Babel, constructed from official documents, topples, bringing down with it politicians and associated figures. Burdett, on his way up and backed by his supporters, is about to fall. ; George: 11327
Napoleon and Talleyrand rejoice at the sight of the French flotilla destroyed by British shots.; Gimbel: 294. Copy after the James Gillray print published by Hannah Humphrey in 1803 ( see George: 10125a). "Paine contributed to Napoleon's proposed assault on England."[Gimbel]
A portrait of Chevalier de Verdion looking at a bookseller's display with books under his arm. An advertisement for the pamphlet "Impartial Life of Thomas Paine" hangs on the wall. ; George 8370, negative and positive photostats
Henry Hunt leads the toast at a meeting of revolutionary conspirators, including Wooler, as "The Black Dwarf". One of two portraits on the wall reads: "Tom Payne"; George 13001, Gimbel 261
