Accession number
PML 146857.25
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publd. by Jas. Bretherton, 31st March 1788.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from George.
Item no. 25 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 25 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark: 178 x 112 mm; sheet: 222 x 151 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet: Mr. Brook Watson.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Alderman Watson stands in profile to the right, bending forward, his wooden leg concealed behind a bench (left); he holds out a document with a pendent seal inscribed 'Pension for Services'. From the bench, on which is his hat, hangs a paper inscribed: "Memda of Importce To say a few short Words about myself Trade Independent &c. one word more I will not receive one Farthing of my Pension till . . . the next Genl Election is over". The last six words have been scored through. Cf. George.
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