A recruit for Opposition from the temple of British worthies [graphic]Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker14th April 1795.eng"The Marquis of Buckingham, tall and bulky, stands against a measuring-post (left); Lord Derby, standing on a table, adjusts the horizontal bar to his head. Buckingham, wearing dark spectacles, stands without his shoes (which lie beside him), and holding his hat; he faces Fox, who is seated on a drum (right), and says: "To Pitt I made my Proposition But he rejected the Condition So I enlist with Opposition". He holds out to Fox a paper: 'Condition to be first Lord of the Admiralty'. Fox, taking the paper, scrutinizes it through a glass with a pleased smile. His drum is inscribed 'C F' and beside him is a spear from whose tasselled head hangs a placard: 'Watch Word Peace'. From the top of the measuring-post flies a flag of three horizontal stripes inscribed 'The Standard of Opposition.'"--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.Sixth of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue.Plate numbered "6" in upper left corner.Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- House of Commons: Recruits for the Opposition -- Slogans: "Watch word peace" -- Measuring posts -- Spectacles -- Reference to William Pitt, 1759-1806.Mounted on page 89 with one other print.