Caption:
Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner. Marley then departs into the night sky, surrounded by a countless horde of other spirits, some of whom were known to Scrooge when they were alive, all of them chained in a similar manner to Marley. Like Marley, they suffer endlessly as they struggle in vain to make up for their wasted lives by attempting to help a homeless mother and child. A Christmas Carol in prose. Being a Ghost-story of Christmas ... With illustrations by John Leech. London : Chapman & Hall, 1843. Source: Dex.293.(1) page 37.