Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker12th May 1791.engAn allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish familiesTitle etched below image.Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram.Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges.Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare.