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, &amp; if we can but procrastinate the Bill a few days we may be able to Effect something in that Time."
<p><br>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 &amp; Dice Makers', 'an adress', 'Fish Women'.  26 November 1795
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<br>Hand-coloured etching
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<p>Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank (?)
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<dl><dd>Published by: S W Fores</dd></dl></div>
1795<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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