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The shadow of opposition : stat nominis umbra / JS f.

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James Sayers
1748-1823

The shadow of opposition : stat nominis umbra / JS f.

Published

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

aquatint with etching
image: 186 x 155 mm; plate mark: 198 x 162 mm; sheet: 213 x 168 mm
Peel 3341
Notes
Four lines of text in two columns below title: Each patriots speech another speech affords ... That even shadows have their shadows too.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows a design divided into two portions by a vertical line and a slanting line. 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".

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