Maiden speeches in the new Parliament of 1796 [graphic]Nixon, John, -1818, artistFeb. 18, 1797.engA satire showing caricatured figures, full-length, demonstrating different styles of making speeches. Above each figure a humorous parody of maiden speechesTitle from caption below image.Text above upper left figure begins: The humourous gontlemon who spake last may amuse the sellie few at a public hoose, but his mearth at prassant is ill timed ...Design consists of four figures on one plate, each with several lines of text etched above.One of two plates with same title on the same theme published on the same day by William Holland.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.