Accession number
PML 146857.85
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published 29th May 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street, [1786
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Item no. 85 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 85 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : aquatint ; image: 251 x 188 mm; plate mark: 290 x 208 mm; sheet: 331 x 241 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a bearded Jewish man (left) pointing out to Fox and North the high price of stocks; he holds out to North (right) a paper inscribed "3 Per Cents Consol done at 75 for ye next opening". North holds out his hands in dismay. Fox stands between and behind them, looking gloomily at North. The Jewish man stands behind a counter on which hangs a paper, "India Stock 162 Bank Stock 241 India Bonds 50 [ ? or 59] Prem. Navy & Victualg Bills Per Cent Discount Exchequer Bills Prem Per Cent Scrip". At North's feet lies a paper headed "Mr Sheridans Speech upon Mr Pitts Plan of Finance". The background is the wall of a room with arched recesses or alcoves. Cf. George.
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