Accession number
PML 146857.100
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publd. 11th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street, [1788]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Item no. 100 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark: 170 x 181 mm; sheet: 196 x 204 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Subjects identified in pencil at foot.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A stone bridge across a river collapses, all its piers having broken. Fox clings to the central piece of masonry which is falling; he says: "D**n the Piers they won't support us". Burke falls head foremost into the water, clutching a roll inscribed "Impeachment". Courtenay's head wearing a hat emerges from the water; a pair of legs and hands with a floating bag-wig are identified as Sir James Erskine. Cf. George.
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