Gillray - Preparing for the Grand Attack

Preparing for the Grand Attack.-or- a Private Rehearsal of "The ci-devant Ministry in danger".' Originally published in 1801, this impression is from Henry Bohn's folio of Gillray's etchings - note the plate is numbered top right and the reverse also has another Gillray etching on it. Depicts Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt (1770-1844) making an extravagant speech against the war. Charles James Fox (1749-1806) Fox holds up the list of 'Ministerial Crimes and Misdemeanours' and is supported by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) and John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) who wears a bonnet rouge.