Accession number
PML 146857.71
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published 12th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street, [1785
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from George.
Item no. 71 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 71 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 stipple engraving ; image: 196 x 246 mm; plate mark: 200 x 250 mm; sheet: 229 x 276 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Pitt's "Propositions" for freedom of commerce between England and Ireland are supported on an Irish harp which rests on a rectangular framework above a fire which is being made to blaze by North and Fox. North (left), on hands and knees, his cheeks inflated, blows at the flames; Fox (right), seated on a bulky roll inscribed "Petition from the Cotton Manufacture[rs]", plies a pair of bellows. The fuel of the fire consists of papers inscribed "Rumour", "Evidence at the Bar" (2), "Pamphlets", "Pleadings at ye Bar" (2), "Arguments". The flames and smoke which extend above their heads are inscribed "Distrust", "To Scotland", "Discontent", "To the Chamber of Commerce", "Objections", "Jealousy", "To Manchester". Cf. George.
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