Accession number
PML 146857.120
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publd 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, [1794].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
One of a set of seven prints by Sayers, issued with the title: Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Designs of the most capital Jacobin Artists.
Item no. 120 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 120 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: 301 x 239 mm; sheet: 343 x 269 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Charles James Fox, standing on a pedestal in a posture of a fighting gladiator, strikes the royal arms with his outstretched left arm. In his right hand he holds a dagger hidden under a sheet of paper. Under his feet is a large volume inscribed "Good Ground of Opposi[tion] Subscription Book." On it stands a collection box. Cf. George.
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