In the foreground, a child is instructed by its father, 'See [ECCE], the big fish eat the little fish'. He points to the whale-sized fish stranded on the shore, disgorging smaller fish which in turn have swallowed even smaller ones. On the right, a fisherman catches a fish with a little fish at the end of his fishing line. The text below the frame states 'the rich oppress you with their power'.