This boney, almost skeletal figure is a personification of Death. He raises his hand in alarm as the monkey on Thicknesse's writing table snaps his spear in two.

Between Death's boney feet is a dead dog, his paws in the air. This is explained by the pamphlet lying on the ground in front of the dog, which reads 'Elegy on the death of my favourite Dog - Horsewhipped to Death for Barking while I was kissing my Wife.'