John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker[17 March 1794]engA bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.Title etched below image.Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue.