Accession number
PML 146857.99
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London? : s.n., 1788
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Date suggested by George.
Item no. 99 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 99 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: 217 x 349 mm; plate mark: 268 x 367 mm; sheet: 298 x 412 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Subjects of Sayer's caricature identified in pencil in margin at left.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the managers of the impeachment of Hastings advancing (left to right), led by Cornwall the Speaker who, raising his hat, holds out a roll, 'Articles of Impeachment', to Thurlow. Only the point of the Chancellor's hat and his hands, one holding the bag of the Great Seal, are visible on the extreme right. Burke, frowning fiercely, is next Cornwall. Immediately behind him is Francis, his left hand on Burke's shoulder, fixing Thurlow with a baleful glare; under his right arm is a large rolled document inscribed "Evidence of Accusation". Next are Fox and Sheridan facing each other, Sheridan in back view. Behind are Sir James Erskine with an imbecile expression, and John Anstruther (M.P. for Fifeshire boroughs) whose back is turned to Erskine. On the extreme left is Windham facing Andrew St. John. Behind them, seemingly taller than the others, and wearing a hat, is Courtenay. Cf. George.
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