The Volcano of Opposition by Thomas Rowlandson (1791)

Hand-coloured caricature of a man breathing fire and smoke at a weeping companion while a crowd watches in a chamber.

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A hand-coloured caricature showing a richly dressed man in a blue coat breathing a torrent of fire and smoke at a weeping companion while a crowd reacts in a chamber with columns and a green-draped table. The scene uses exaggerated facial features, speech scrolls, and printed inscriptions to satirise political opposition. Thomas Rowlandson made this print in 1791, and it is held by Wikimedia Commons.

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1791

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Wikimedia Commons

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