Image of an illustration depicting Mary Toft lying prone at the edge of a large four-poster bed, her head thrown back as she suffers the pangs of ‘labour’. Another woman holds her around the shoulders to support the upper part of her body. Meanwhie, her legs are apart as a male midwife assists in the delivery of several rabbits, many of which are shown lying about on the floor. The scene is watched by several members of the medical profession, exclaiming at the remarkable event they are witnessing. Hogarth is poking fun at their incompetence and credulity.