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Print made by: James Sayers

Published by: Hannah Humphrey
Title
Frontispiece
Description
English: The first of a set of seven prints: 'Outlines of the Opposition...'. The artist (left), a partly draped figure with small horns among his loosely curling hair, points with both hands to a picture on an easel (right), turning his head towards the spectator. In front of him (left) is a table on which are his painting-materials: a sheaf of brushes in a pot, palette, charcoal-holder. On a large canvas a man with the head of a wolf stands wearing a sheepskin with the head on his head and shoulders. In his right hand is a firebrand, the left supports the long staff of a flag inscribed 'Watch Word Peace'. Above it hovers a dove with an olive branch. At his feet stands a snarling wolf, also in sheep's clothing. A mastiff standing beside the artist barks at the (painted) wolf. Against the easel rests a large volume: 'Outlines \ of the \ Opposition \ in 1795 \ collected from the Works \ of the most capital Jacobin Artists \ " They speak Peace to their \ Neighbours, but Mischief is in their hearts, they devise deceiful \ Things against them that are quiet \ in the Land " Psalms'. 14 April 1795
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Depicted people Associated with: William Wilberforce
Date 1795
date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 298 millimetres
Width: 236 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1917,1208.4108
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)

A satire on the repeated motions for peace made by the Opposition. The artist is Wilberforce, the wolf Fox; these identifications are confirmed by a MS. note by Miss Banks. (Banks Memoranda in Print Room.) See BMSats 8637-42.' Sets were issued bound in rough paper. A similar set was published in 1794, see BMSat 8437, &c.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1917-1208-4108
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