H Beard Print Collection
Print
31st March 1788 (published)
31st March 1788 (published)
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Print entitled 'The Shadow of Opposition' featuring Fox, Burke, Sheridan, Loughborough, Stormont and Derby. The subject refers to whether the impeachment of Hastings was to be according to the rules of the Courts of Law or of the Law of Parliament. Published by Thomas Cornell.
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Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
Materials and techniques | etching and aquatint |
Brief description | Print entitled 'The Shadow of Opposition' featuring Fox, Burke, Sheridan, Loughborough, Stormont and Lord Derby. The subject refers to whether the impeachment of Hastings was to be according to the rules of the Courts of Law or of the Law of Parliament. Published by Thomas Cornell on 31st March 1788, Harry Beard Collection. |
Physical description | Etching entitled 'The Shadow of Opposition' featuring on the left Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke and Richard Brinsley Sheridan and on the right, Alexander Wedderburn (Lord Loughborough), David Murray (Viscount Stormont) and Edward Smith Stanley (Lord Derby). The subject refers to whether the impeachment of Hastings was to be according to the rules of the Courts of Law or of the Law of Parliament. The six members and not the partially visible Speaker of the House and Lord Chancellor have been aquatinted to resemble shadows. |
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Summary | Print entitled 'The Shadow of Opposition' featuring Fox, Burke, Sheridan, Loughborough, Stormont and Derby. The subject refers to whether the impeachment of Hastings was to be according to the rules of the Courts of Law or of the Law of Parliament. Published by Thomas Cornell. |
Other number | F.81-33 - H Beard collection numbering |
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Accession number | S.1645-2009 |
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Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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