Accession number
PML 146857.109
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publ. by Thos Cornell, 19 Febry. 1789.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title continues: And all the People rejoiced and said "Long live the King".
Satire on the end of the Regency crisis following the recovery of King George III.
Item no. 109 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Satire on the end of the Regency crisis following the recovery of King George III.
Item no. 109 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, drypoint & aquatint ; image: 225 x 319 mm; plate mark: 248 x 326 mm; sheet: 275 x 360 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
With the names of some of the subjects depicted inscribed in pencil at foot of sheet.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Fox and his party surround a Twelfth Night cake which Weltje was about to cut into portions. The cause of a sudden check to this proceeding is indicated by a broad ray of light (which strikes the cake and the bystanders) and by a scroll: 'The King shall enjoy his own again'. Weltje stands on the left, his arms extended towards the scroll, saying, "Den by Got we sail heb no Cake"; he drops his knife. He and Sheridan are the most agitated of the party: Sheridan with a face of despair looks up, saying, '"Now our Ruin is complete" School for Scandal'. Fox stands disconsolately, his hands in his pockets, his back to the ray. Burke (right), his arms folded, scowls up at the ray. Behind these three Stormont, Loughborough, and Sandwich (on the extreme right) regard it with less pronounced despair. Portland stands behind the cake, frowning fixedly. Cf. George.
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