Aquatint. Paine lies asleep on straw on a ramshackle wooden bedstead, covered by his coat. He wears a cap inscribed 'Libertas'. He lies in bed diagonally from left to right, facing the spectator. On the head of his bed are drawn the profile heads, with wings, of his 'Guardian Angles': Priestly (left) and Fox (right) His head rests on a bundle of straw round which is a striped and torn (?) flag inscribed 'Vive l'America'. His arm lies across an open book: 'The Rights of Farthing Candles proving their Equality with the Sun & Moon. And the necessity of a Reformation in the Planetary System'. From his coat pocket protrudes a pamphlet: 'Common Sense or Reason destructive to Free Government'. On a table by his side (right) are a rat with its head caught in a trap, writing materials, and a paper: 'The Golden Age The Art of Equalising the Property of Princes & Pikemen'. His dream appears surrounded with clouds on the right of the design. Three judges are represented by their empty wigs: before each hangs a long scroll headed [1] 'Pleas for Thos Paine. Ignorance Poverty Envy'. [2] 'Charges Against Thos Paine Libels Scurrilities Lies Perjuries, Rebellions, Treasons'. [3] 'Punishments for Thos Paine Corporal Pain Contempt, Detestation'. Behind is the stone wall of a dungeon with a closely barred window, on each side of which hang heavy shackles. A gibbet and a pillory also emerge from the clouds. The extreme poverty of the room is shown by the wall (where plaster has broken away to show bricks), by a tattered curtain (dotted with fleurs-de-lis), and a raftered and slopping roof. Paine is not caricatured, and his expression though severe is composed and dignified. Partial description from Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Vol. VI. 8132.