Accession number
PML 146857.67
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et, [1785
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from caption etched below image.
Text beneath caption title reads: Sublimi feriam Sidera Vertice Hor.
Item no. 67 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Text beneath caption title reads: Sublimi feriam Sidera Vertice Hor.
Item no. 67 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 and stipple engraving ; image: 322 x 226 mm; plate mark: 328 x 233 mm; sheet: 373 x 262 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot: "Mr Powis", "Mr Burke", and "Mr Sawbridge".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left shoulder; from his mouth float three scrolls inscribed, "Invective against ye Minister", "Short Observations on India Affairs", and "Tropes on the Irish Trade Bill". Powys looks up at him with an angry expression; he holds in his hand a thick bundle of papers inscribed "Memda of Important Observations Obvious Objections Perpetual Motions Doubts Facts Surmises Queries &ca &ca". Sawbridge looks gloomily away from Burke, his left leg stretched along the seat; he holds a paper inscribed "Mock Motion for Reform in the Representation &c." Three members seated behind Burke hide their heads or turn aside from his spate of words. Cf. George.
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