Accession number
PML 146857.107
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publd. by Thos. Cornell, 14 Jany. 1789.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
A satire on the Regency crisis of 1788.
Item no. 107 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 107 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 : etching & aquatint ; image: 182 x 161 mm; plate mark: 194 x 170 mm; sheet: 220 x 195 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Sheridan is identified in pencil at foot of sheet.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Sheridan at left, speaking through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D--n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier. Cf. George.
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