Accession number
PML 146857.10
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published 6th April 1782 by C. Bretherton, [1782]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from George.
Etched caption reads: For rhetoric he could not ope his mouth but out there flew a trope.
Item no. 10 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Etched caption reads: For rhetoric he could not ope his mouth but out there flew a trope.
Item no. 10 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark: 176 x 113 mm; sheet: 220 x 142 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet: Mr. Dundas.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Full length caricature of Edmund Burke making a speech. He stands in profile to the left, wearing spectacles. His right arm is extended, his hand grasping a paper on which is etched "Plan Œcon", in allusion to his Bill for Economical Reform. His left hand, holding his hat, is behind his back.
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