Parhelia observed in Kent mb-code 1192923 The image is an allusion

The image is an allusion to Erskine's egotistical speeches

two members of the garrotting fraternity are depicted as halting an attack when they realise it is their 'friend'

a bricklayer

John Bull hands over the first year's allowance from the brimming coffers of public funds

'4 Pair for a Shilling Holland Socks'

Parhelia observed in Kent mb-code 1192923 The image is an allusionStudy of parhelia, or sun dogs, the atmospheric phenomenon presenting as halos and mock suns. Figure cited (but not reproduced) in the paper 'A representation of the parhelia seen in Kent, Dec 19 1741 and an account of the same, as seen by Mrs Tennison at Canterbury', by Henry Miles, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 42 1742 1743, pp. 46 48. This drawing is inscribed 'The celestial phaenomenon seen at Canterbury 10h 12m 1741 Dec.