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Political avarice: a debt is owed to the exchequer, but the man falls short. The man is reaching inside his clothing looking for cash to cover his debt; an official sits calmly at a table, waiting; account book, coins, inkwell and quill are on the table.
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Is part of: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures...designed in the Hogarthian style...; (DNLM)101425247