Accession number
PML 146857.130
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published by H. Humphrey, 14 April 1795.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Numbered "5" within plate at upper left.
The fifth of a set of 7 prints by Sayers entitled Outlines of the opposition in 1795 collected from the works of the most capital Jacobin artists.
Item no. 130 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
The fifth of a set of 7 prints by Sayers entitled Outlines of the opposition in 1795 collected from the works of the most capital Jacobin artists.
Item no. 130 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark: 238 x 298 mm; sheet: 264 x 327 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Ld Stanhope" inscribed in pencil at foot of sheet.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Earl Charles Stanhope swimming beside a small two-masted boat, dragging it against wind and stream. He takes the form of a figure-head, his right arm outstretched and holding a tri-colour flag. He is pushed forward by a dolphin-like monster wearing a French cockade who pokes at Stanhope's coattails with a trident. A flag, "Equality & Fraternity", is flown from the ship with a liberty cap on its mast. The flowing water is entitled "the current of public opinion". A head projected from the left margin blows a mighty gust of "loyalty" against Stanhope. Cf. George.
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