The Opportunist by Terence Cuneo.

Inspiration for this Mousey tableau came to me after seeing a reproduction of Abraham Solon's well known painting First Class - The Meeting. When this work was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854, there was an immediate outcry at its obscene and almost pornographic suggestiveness! In fact, feeling of outraged Victorian morality was so strong that the artist was persuaded to paint out his figure of a slumbering parent and reinstate the man, awake and talking earnestly to the young officer opposite. Thus, a necessary degree of decency was re-established. However, I decided to allow myself the luxury of the original, if more deplorable conception.

Produced during the 1970s and published by Terence and Linda Cuneo, this is a rare Terence Cuneo art print where the signed edition has been sold out for over 20 years. Only these 30 unsigned prints supplied to us from the Cuneo family are now available.

Unsigned edition of prints.

Image size 14 inches x 10 inches (36cm x 25cm)