Accession number
PML 146857.6
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street, 16th Febry. 1790.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Eleven lines of verse etched in lower margin: From such implacable Tormentors / Fanatics, Hypocrites, Dissenters ... Butler.
Item no. 6 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 6 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 457 x 342 mm; plate mark: 503 x 352 mm; sheet: 552 x 384 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Names of the figures represented inscribed in pencil in the upper margin of the sheet; BM Satires no. at upper right.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Speaking from a church pulpit, Joseph Priestley, Richard Price, and Theophilus Lindsey praise the French and American revolutions, advocate abolition of monarchy, and support irreligion and republicanism. Andrew Kippis, Lord Stanhope and Charles Fox indicate their agreement.
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