Same composition as "Le puits et le pendule (1st plate)," catalogue raisonné number 153, in larger dimensions. The sufferer from Inquisition sees the moment arrive when the pendulum will cut into his flesh; rats climb over him in troops.
A fisherman, in a hat with a large brim, lifts a "tambour" in a river; on the bank, two large trees stand out at left. Four proofs pulled which belonged to the Reverend Stopford Brooke, MM. Thibaudeau, Guéraut and the artist.