Accession number
PML 146857.128
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publd. 14th April 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1795]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Below caption title: Vide Bewilderforce's rhapsodies on peace &c.
Numbered "2" within plate at upper left.
The second 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. 128 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Numbered "2" within plate at upper left.
The second 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. 128 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print on wove paper : etching ; plate mark: 308 x 241 mm; sheet: 345 x 260 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Wilberforce" inscribed in pencil at foot of sheet.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Wilberforce, as a weathercock, standing with his right foot poised on a pinnacle at the point of intersection of the four points of the compass. He leans forward in profile to the right, both arms stretched out towards a bird which grasps a scroll resting on clouds: "Peace and Fraternity with France". The bird is half-dove, and holds an olive branch in its mouth, but the left leg is that of a bird of prey, and in its talons a dagger is clasped, while the left wing is fantastically webbed. Two papers issue from Wilberforce's coat-pocket: "Charge agt Kimber' and 'Abolition of the Slave Trade". From his back rises a vertical spike supporting the hat of a Roundhead, its brim inscribed "Fanaticism, Puritanism". On its crown sits a raven, shrieking at Wilberforce the word "Kimber". Below (right) is the dome of a minaret terminating in the head of Fox, directing a blast of 'Republicanism' against Wilberforce. Cf. George.
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