Accession number
PML 146857.51
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published 21st May 1783 by H. Bretherton, New Bond Street, [1783].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Although lettered 'H Bretherton', no such person is known, and it must be an error for James or possibly Charles."--Curatorial comments, BM online catalog.
Item no. 51 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 51 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : stipple engraving ; plate mark: 265 x 189 mm; sheet: 320 x 237 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Full face mask combined from faces of Charles Fox on the left and Lord North on the right. Fox's dark hair, squinted eye and self-assured smile are countered by North's powdered wig, puzzled frown and straight mouth. Inscribed above, "Fronti nulla fides."
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