The mouse's petition [graphic]Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker[20 November 1791]eng"Dr Priestley sitting at a garden table, looking at a mouse in a semi-circular cage, smiling as he listens to Mrs Barbauld who stands pleading for its release and another woman and Charles Rochemond Aikin, a little boy look on, with trees all around; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.Sixteen lines of verse below image, eight on either side of title: Oh! hear a pensive prisoner's prayer, for liberty that sighs; and never let thine heart be shut against a wretch's cries ... Vide Mrs. Barbauld's poem.