The shadow of opposition [graphic] : stat nominis umbra / JS [monogram] f[ecit].

Creator:

Sayers, James, 1748-1823, artist.

Published/Created:

[London]
Publ'd 31st March 1788 by Thos. Cornell,
[31 March 1788]

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint with etching on laid paper ; plate mark 19.8 x 16.2 cm, on sheet 26 x 20 cm.

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Notes:

Four lines of text in two columns below title: Each patriots speech another speech affords / The C....ns have their echo in the L...ds ..."
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"A design divided into two portions by a vertical line and a slanting line which diverges to the right from the vertical line forming with it an obtuse angle. On the left of this division are the Speaker and three members of the House of Commons; on the right the Chancellor and three peers. Only a small part of the Speaker and his chair are visible on the extreme left. Fox stands facing him, his right hand extended, his left on his hip, a scroll inscribed 'Consuetudo et Lex Parliamenti' issues from his mouth. Burke stands with his back to Fox, scowling with folded arms; his scroll is inscribed 'Tropes Figures and a long Speech'. Sheridan stands in back view, facing Burke and bending forward, his scroll is 'Speech all Point'. The figures on the right have similar attitudes to those on the left, only the extreme left of the Chancellor and Woolsack being visible. Loughborough, in back view, wearing a judge's wig and gown, says "Lex Parliamenti"; Stormont says "Long Speech". Lord Derby, turning to the right in a mincing attitude, says, "Point de tout". Beneath the titles is etched: 'Each Patriots Speech another Speech affords The C . . . . ns have their Echo in the left . . . ds Thus Opposition proves the Assertion true That even Shadows have their Shadows too'"--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis,--Marquis,--1738-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Derby, Edward Smith Stanley,--Earl of,--1752-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
East India Company.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818--Impeachment.
Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons.
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn,--Earl of,--1733-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,--Baron,--1731-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1788.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1788.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

8070696

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr30272b

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7289

OID:

16194436

PID:

digcoll:4047684