Accession number
PML 146857.110
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street, 16th Febry. 1790.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Eleven lines of verse etched in lower margin: From such implacable Tormentors / Fanatics, Hypocrites, Dissenters ... Butler.
Item no. 110 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 110 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: 457 x 342 mm; plate mark: 503 x 352 mm; sheet: 523 x 379 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Names of the figures represented inscribed in pencil on detached album leaf upon which the print is mounted.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Speaking from a church pulpit, Joseph Priestley, Richard Price, and Theophilus Lindsey praise the French and American revolutions, advocate abolition of monarchy, and support irreligion and republicanism. Andrew Kippis, Lord Stanhope, Charles Fox, and others indicate their agreement.
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