Accession number
PML 146857.73
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Pubd. 15th Decr. 1797 by H. Humphrey, [1797]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Etched in lower margin: "Get thee glass eyes / and like a scurvy Politician, seem / to see the things thou does not."- Shakespeare.
Item no. 73 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 73 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark: 314 x 188 mm; sheet: 355 x 224 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot: Mr. Nicholls.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
John Nicholls stands facing left, almost in profile; his left eye is closed, but his right eye gazes through a pair of double glasses held in his right hand, his face wrinkled in a sour grimace. Rays of light stream outward from the glasses. He wears a round hat with up-curved brim, half-boots, and holds a long cane in his left hand.
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