Accession number
PML 146857.152
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London?] : Published by R. Spencer, 19th July, 1808.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from George.
Six lines of caption verse below image: And now the point of dress adjusted / Methinks I see his Lordship busted / And with the Cross of Peter graced / Between his quondam Colleagues placed / Propose with theirs to join his pate / And form a Bust-Triumvirate.
Print issued separately and as a folded frontispiece to a pamphlet entitled "Hints to J. Nollekens, Esq. R.A. on his modelling a bust of Lord G******le" (London : R. Spencer, 1808).
Library's copy shows no evidence of folding.
Item no. 152 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Six lines of caption verse below image: And now the point of dress adjusted / Methinks I see his Lordship busted / And with the Cross of Peter graced / Between his quondam Colleagues placed / Propose with theirs to join his pate / And form a Bust-Triumvirate.
Print issued separately and as a folded frontispiece to a pamphlet entitled "Hints to J. Nollekens, Esq. R.A. on his modelling a bust of Lord G******le" (London : R. Spencer, 1808).
Library's copy shows no evidence of folding.
Item no. 152 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 and stipple engraving ; image: 210 x 176 mm; plate mark: 262 x 179 mm; sheet: 296 x 212 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Nollekens standing in back view placing a bust of Grenville on a shelf at the level of his head, between the busts of Pitt and Fox. Grenville's eyes are slits; round his neck is a rosary with a cross. Pitt's head, turned to the right, looks over his shoulder at Grenville with a puckered brow. Fox gazes to the left. Two other busts on brackets look down with displeasure at Grenville. On an upper shelf is a group of antique busts, their expressions registering surprise or cynical amusement. With them is an oval medallion of a monk kneeling before a cross. Below, flanking Nollekens, are two marbles from his collection of antiques: a seated satyr and a much-damaged torso inscribed "ΑπΟΛΛωΝΙΟS ΝΕSΤOROS". Cf. George.
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