The scene satirises the events of the Lord Mayor of London’s Easter Monday banquet in April 1802. It depicts the Lord Mayor, Sir John Eamer, rising from the head of the banquet table and turning to block an advancing group of revellers with his mace. They are led by the two Sheriffs, Rawlins and Cox, who ordinarily would be granted an open invitation to bring their friends to join in the Easter Monday festivities. In reality they did not attend at all, as on this occasion the event had been redesignated as a grand dinner and ball to celebrate the Peace, to which they had been given personal invitations, only. Amongst the many dignified guests were the the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cumberland, depicted on the right, still seated at the table, along with an unidentified lady in a very tall feathered head-dress. The Baron of the title refers to the baron of beef the revellers encourage each other to attack with their knives and forks.