PLATE VII.—THE ELECTOR.
This prince, as he is coming out of his palace with his courtiers, is accosted by a poor woman, who implores his help for herself and the infant she holds by the hand; but he, insensible to the distresses of the widow and orphan, refuses to listen, and is turning aside with a disdainful air to his courtiers. Death at this instant appears; and his severe aspect announces, that he is just about to make him repent his hard-heartedness.
Princeps induetur mœrore, et quiescere faciam superbiam potentium. Ezek. vii. 24, 27.