Accession number
PML 146857.57
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street, [1783
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Plate 2d" below title.
The second of a numbered set of four satirical prints by Sayers on Fox and the India Bill.
Item no. 57 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
The second of a numbered set of four satirical prints by Sayers on Fox and the India Bill.
Item no. 57 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 ; image: 284 x 224 mm; plate mark: 303 x 228 mm; sheet: 327 x 255 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Names of the subjects represented inscribed in the upper and lower margins.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal.
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