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Earl of Shelburne [print] / JS ff.

Accession number
PML 146857.34
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton, [1782]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from George.
Early state, with number 11 in upper left corner, and with top of wig and left hand unshaded.
Item no. 34 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 drypoint ; plate mark: 177 x 113 mm; sheet: 219 x 148 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet: Lord Shelburne.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Full-length caricature of Shelburne, standing, facing three-quarters left, his right hand thrust under his Garter ribbon, with which (with the Dukes of Devonshire and Richmond) he had been invested on 17 Apr. His left hand rests on his sword. He wears a bag-wig and ruffles, and has the sly, complacent smile and half-closed eyes which are conspicuous in satires of Shelburne at this time.
Classification
Department