Accession number
PML 146857.69
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street, [1785
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Item no. 69 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ; image: 229 x 170 mm; plate mark: 249 x 202 mm; sheet: 271 x 228 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot: "Mr Fox" and "Bishop of Deny".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embracing across a narrow piece of water inscribed "St George's Channel". In his right hand the bishop holds a burning brand, his left is on Fox's shoulder. Fox's profile is hidden behind that of the bishop; in his outstretched left hand is a burning brand held horizontally above burning buildings which are sketched on the right of the design (in Ireland). Behind Fox is a building resembling St. Paul's, above which are heavy clouds. In the channel are ships.
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