Accession number
PML 146857.88
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London?] : Pubd. by T. Cornell, 17th March 1788.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Item no. 88 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 194 x 159 mm; plate mark: 197 x 162 mm; sheet: 222 x 184 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot Fox Powis Sheridan.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Fox, Sheridan, and Baron Powys engaged in opening a large rectangular tomb inscribed "[H]ere lie [t]he remains [of] Mr. F--'s India Bill." Fox (left), facing the inscribed end of the tomb, lifts the covering slab with both hands; the head of a skeleton looks out, holding a crown in one hand, the other grasps the edge of the tomb and a cere-cloth inscribed "Patronage." Sheridan and Powys both blow trumpets from which issue scrolls with inscriptions reading, "It was opposed by a senseless yell," and "A bold measure characteristic of the movers mind," respectively. Above Fox is a bell inscribed "Vox Populi," from which issues a scroll reading, "Lie still if you're wise you'll be d--d if you rise." Cf. George.
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