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1. Petition mongers in full cry to St. Stephens!! beware of wolves in sheeps clothing. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.26.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 catalogue
- Description:
- Title 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28 x 34 cm., and Trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom. Watermark: countermak E & P.
- Publisher:
- Published Novr. 26, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Sedition
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Petition mongers in full cry to St. Stephens!! beware of wolves in sheeps clothing. [graphic]