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The patriot exalted [print] / JS f.

Accession number: 
PML 146857.112
Author: 
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published: 
[London] : Published 15th March 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street, [1792
Description: 
1 print on wove paper : etching & aquatint ; image: 352 x 273 mm; plate mark: 389 x 281 mm; sheet: 426 x 315 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Item no. 112 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Inscribed "Empress of Russia" in pen at foot of sheet.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Print shows Catherine II placing in a niche the bust of Fox which is being hauled into position by a rope over a pulley held by a Russian bear, who crouches (right) beside the steps on which the Empress stands. She is in back view, very stout, wearing ermine-trimmed robes with a laurel wreath in place of the usual crown. On each side of the bust is a larger alcove for whole length statues of 'ΔΕΜΟΣΘΕΝΗΣ' and 'M.T. CICERO'. These statues are stepping down from their niches, looking apprehensively at Fox. On the ground at left stands a bust of Paul Jones, wearing a cocked hat and looking up at Fox with a sinister glare. Cf. George.

Classification: 
Print
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Department: 
Printed Books