James Sayers.The First Charge - exit in Fumo; Edmund Burke presented many of the charges against Hastings during the impeachment trial. This satire refers to part of the case he presented regarding the treatment of Chait Singh; the Raja of Benares; who had resisted payment of the crippling land taxes that Hastings had forced upon him. This engraving shows Burke dramatically declaiming his case. On the left; Chait Singh bemoans the loss of his hookah; which is being smoked by Warren Hastings; hidden apart from his leg.Published: 1788.1788.P3321London; British Library.