The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of...

Print shows George III sitting at a table with the Queen and two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenbergen holding a bottle of "Brandy", discussing the use of sugar in moderation. Princess Elizabeth states that "of late I have been very moderate. But I must have a bit now & then"; while her sister would "rather want alltogether [sic] than have a small Piece". The title is a play on the words "of" and "off"; the "abolition" of "the slave trade or leaving" off "sugar by degrees."