This is a hand-colored etching titled "Doctor Syntax Among the Tombstones." The scene depicts a graveyard with numerous crumbling tombstones and scattered bones. In the foreground, a man, presumably Doctor Syntax, is digging with a shovel near a broken tomb. He is dressed in a light-colored coat, waistcoat, and breeches, with a white wig. A horse is standing nearby, and a figure in a dark coat and wig is observing the scene from a doorway in a large, gothic building. The graveyard is overgrown with grass and weeds, and in the background, there are rolling hills and cloudy skies. The overall impression is one of decay and ruin, with a touch of macabre humor.