The St*****e, a republican gunboat constructed to sail against wind and tide [graphic]Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker14 April 1795.eng"Stanhope swims beside a small two-masted sailing-vessel, dragging it against wind and stream. His head and chest are in the position of a figure-head, his right arm is outstretched, holding a tricolour flag, his left arm is stretched behind him holding the tiller, and he kicks at the rudder with the left foot, his leg being raised above the water from the knee. He is pushed forward by a dolphin-like monster swimming (right) behind the vessel, which prods the skirts of his coat with a trident. The monster wears a French cockade; his tail waves in the air. From a staff in the stern, surmounted by a cap of 'Liberty', flies a flag: 'Equality & Fraternity'. Stanhope breasts the rippled water, which flows strongly against him, inscribed (left) 'The Current of public Opinion'. A small vessel (left) in the background sails left to right, her sails inflated. From the upper left margin projects a head blowing a blast of 'Loyalty' against 'The Stanhope'."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.Fifth of a set of seven prints in the series "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue.Plate numbered "5" in upper left corner.Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Boats -- Monsters -- Public opinion -- Cap of Liberty -- Loyalty.1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 23.8 x 29.8 cm, on sheet 27.1 x 33.6 cm.Mounted on leaf 70 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.