A recruit for Opposition from the temple of British worthies [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A recruit for Opposition from the temple of British worthies [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- 14th April 1795.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"The Marquis of Buckingham, tall and bulky, stands against a measuring-post (left); Lord Derby, standing on a table, adjusts the horizontal bar to his head. Buckingham, wearing dark spectacles, stands without his shoes (which lie beside him), and holding his hat; he faces Fox, who is seated on a drum (right), and says: "To Pitt I made my Proposition But he rejected the Condition So I enlist with Opposition". He holds out to Fox a paper: 'Condition to be first Lord of the Admiralty'. Fox, taking the paper, scrutinizes it through a glass with a pleased smile. His drum is inscribed 'C F' and beside him is a spear from whose tasselled head hangs a placard: 'Watch Word Peace'. From the top of the measuring-post flies a flag of three horizontal stripes inscribed 'The Standard of Opposition.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Sixth of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "6" in upper left corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- House of Commons: Recruits for the Opposition -- Slogans: "Watch word peace" -- Measuring posts -- Spectacles -- Reference to William Pitt, 1759-1806.
Mounted to 37 x 28 cm. - Provenance
- Suckling ; May 1957.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 29.9 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 34 x 27 cm
- Edition
- [State with plate number].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 795.04.14.06+ Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 - Subjects
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Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8039282
- Object ID (OID)
- 11124037