"Emblematical title-page to a set of prints on the Opposition. A fire burns on an altar of quasi-classical shape, on which is the title; apes' heads take the place of rams' heads, and a garland of laurel is bound with tricolour ribbon. At the base of the altar lies a cornucopia in the form of a bonnet-rouge transformed into a fool's cap terminating in a bell (cf. BMSat 8644). From it pour emblems of gods and goddesses: Thunderbolts tied with tricolour, an owl, grapes, caduceus, bow and arrows, hammer and pincers, trident, lyre, club, two doves on a shield with the head of Medusa. The arc of a pilastered wall forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Frontispiece to a series of six prints, each with the series title: New pantheon., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Pantheon -- Altars: sacrificial altar -- Cornucopias -- Emblems of gods and goddesses from Greek mythology -- Fool's cap as bonnet rouge -- Fool's cap as cornucopia -- Fire.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
