Accession number
PML 146857.123
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 with the title: Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Designs of the most capital Jacobin Artists.
Item no. 123 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 123 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: 299 x 239 mm; sheet: 337 x 272 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Richard Brinsley Sheridan stands before a gate with a fierce lion's head knocker that is in front of Carlton House. Over the gate appears the huge hands, head, and shoulders of Big Sam, the former porter at Carlton House. He looks down saying, "No Admittance Sir We are all loyal." Cf. George.
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