The court of equity or a convivial city meeting, Robert Dighton, 1779

Proof before letters. The interior of a club room at the globe in fleet street, showing the left and back walls. Along the walls are oblong tables, behind which most of fifteen guests are seated. The chairman (left) is seated in an ornate chair between two windows, the chair ornamented with a coat of arms which is repeated in a frame above his head: above a chevron is a punch-bowl with bottle and glass, below, a pair of scales. The motto, which enlaces two cornucopias, is "mirth with justice". Five other framed coats of arms, probably those of similar clubs, and an ornate candle sconce decorate the back wall. 1779 mezzotint. Date: 1779. Dimensions: Height: 361 mm; Width: 433 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Mr Clark. Collection: British Museum. The court of equity or a convivial city meeting (BM 1924,0512.17)