Accession number
PML 146857.30
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published by James Bretherton, 31st March 1788.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by George.
Item no. 30 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 30 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print on wove paper : etching with stipple ; plate mark: 176 x 112 mm; sheet: 219 x 153 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet: Sir Jas Erskine.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Erskine stands in profile to the left; he bends forward, resting both hands on the table of the House of Commons, part of which is visible on the left. His half-closed eyes give him an almost imbecile expression.
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