Dr. Price (right), seated in an armchair at a small writing-desk, turns in horror towards a vision emerging from clouds (left): burke is represented by an enormous spectacled nose which rests on the back of price's chair and by two gigantic hands, one holding a crown, the other a cross, both of which are surrounded by star-shaped haloes. The spectacles support (between the crown and the cross): 'reflections on the revolution in france, and on the proceedings in certain societies in london, by the rt honble edmund burke. ' price's pen drops from his hand; the paper before him is headed 'on the benifits of anarchy regicide atheism'. The table is lit by a lamp with a naked flame and reflector. Against his chair leans an open book: 'treatise on the ill effects of order & government in society, and on the absurdity of serving god, & honoring the king'. Beside it lies a pamphlet: 'sermon preached novr 4 1789. By dr r. Price, before the revolution society'. On the wall above price's head is a picture: 'death of charles ist or, the glory of great britain'; a headsman raises his axe to smite the king whose head is on the block; men with pikes are indicated in the background. After the title is etched: 'vide. A troubled - conscience. ' 3 december 1790
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1790. Dimensions: Height: 245 mm; Width: 348 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Edmund Burke. Collection: British Museum. Smelling out a rat; -or- the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his midnight "calculations" (BM 1851,0901.501)
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