Every man in his humour. (BM 1868,0808.5169)

A series of isolated figures irregularly spaced. North (left) leans back in an arm-chair asleep, his arms folded; over his head is the word 'Indolence'. Next is Burke as 'Oeconomy' (in allusion to his Bill of Economical Reform) seated full-face in an upright chair mending a stocking. He wears a Jesuit's biretta (cf. BMSat 6026). The central figure, larger than the others, is Fox, standing full-face with his hands on his hips, wearing a royal crown; he is 'Ambition' (cf. BMSat 6395). 'Love and Wine' are represented by the Prince of Wales seated on a chair with a courtesan (perhaps intended for Mrs. Robinson) on his knee; he holds a wine-bottle in his right hand, she holds up a wine-glass in her left. On the extreme right Pitt, as 'Improvement', sits primly in an upright chair, full face, holding an open book. The drawing is childish, the line shaky. 6 March 1784

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