Accession number
PML 146857.96
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publ'd 31st March 1788 by Thos. Cornell, [1788]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Four lines of text in two columns below title: Each patriots speech another speech affords ... That even shadows have their shadows too.
Item no. 96 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 96 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print on laid paper : aquatint with etching ; image: 186 x 155 mm; plate mark: 198 x 162 mm; sheet: 224 x 180 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a design divided into two portions by a vertical line and a slanting line. On the left of this division are the Speaker and three members of the House of Commons; on the right the Chancellor and three peers. Only a small part of the Speaker and his chair are visible on the extreme left. Fox stands facing him, his right hand extended, his left on his hip, a scroll inscribed "Consuetudo et Lex Parliamenti" issues from his mouth. Burke stands with his back to Fox, scowling with folded arms; his scroll is inscribed "Tropes Figures and a long Speech". Sheridan stands in back view, facing Burke and bending forward, his scroll is "Speech all Point". The figures on the right have similar attitudes to those on the left, only the extreme left of the Chancellor and Woolsack being visible. Loughborough, in back view, wearing a judge's wig and gown, says "Lex Parliamenti"; Stormont says "Long Speech". Lord Derby, turning to the right in a mincing attitude, says, "Point de tout".
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