Opposition's attempt to raise the dead / J.S., f.

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James Sayers
1748-1823

Opposition's attempt to raise the dead / J.S., f.

[London?] : Pubd. by T. Cornell, 17th March 1788.
etching
image: 194 x 159 mm; plate mark: 197 x 162 mm; sheet: 201 x 168 mm
Peel 1588
Notes
Library's copy trimmed with partial loss of plate mark.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot Fox Powis Sheridan.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows Fox, Sheridan, and Baron Powys engaged in opening a large rectangular tomb inscribed "[H]ere lie [t]he remains [of] Mr. F--'s India Bill." Fox (left), facing the inscribed end of the tomb, lifts the covering slab with both hands; the head of a skeleton looks out, holding a crown in one hand, the other grasps the edge of the tomb and a cere-cloth inscribed "Patronage." Sheridan and Powys both blow trumpets from which issue scrolls with inscriptions reading, "It was opposed by a senseless yell," and "A bold measure characteristic of the movers mind," respectively. Above Fox is a bell inscribed "Vox Populi," from which issues a scroll reading, "Lie still if you're wise you'll be d--d if you rise." Cf. George.

Associated names
Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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