Petition mongers in full cry to St. Stephens!! beware of wolves in sheeps clothing. [graphic]Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker[26 November 1795]eng"Sheridan and Fox walk (left to right) one behind the other, bending under the weight of huge bundles of petitions which they carry on their heads. Both wear bonnets-rouges; Fox is dressed in a tattered shirt and breeches. Smaller petitions project from their pockets. Sheridan's petitions are: 'House of Correction', 'Petition in Favor of Sedition', 'for Sedition', 'Girls Petition', 'Boys Petition', 'Washerwomens Pn', 'Pickpocket from Newgate', 'Drunkards', 'Marshalsea', 'Burow Clink' [the Clink prison in the Borough of Southwark], 'Bridwell'. He says: "These will serve for a few hours Jaw, & if we can but procrastinate the Bill a few days we may be able to Effect something in that Time." Fox's petitions: 'St Lukes from Thelwal with an Essay on Deism' [cf. BMSat 9286], 'Gamblers Peti[ti]on Dustmens', 'an adress from that oppresed body of Men on Board the Hulks [convicts]', 'Bankrupts P [above Banker's, scored through]', 'Nightmen', 'Scavengers', 'Card & Dice Makers', 'an adress', 'Fish Women'."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue.Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of imprint.Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for evening.Temporary local subject terms: Bills: Treasonable Practices bill -- Seditious Meetings bill.Watermark: Strasburg bend.Mounted to 31 x 39 cm.