Accession number
PML 146857.136
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London : Hannah Humphrey, May 12, 1794]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Number 5 of a set of eight satirical portraits by James Sayers in which members of the Opposition are travestied as French republicans. With the set is an etching of a bonnet-rouge, printed in red and cut along the lower edge of the cap so that it can be fitted to the forehead, transforming the subject into the Frenchman of the title. Published by Hannah Humphrey, May 12, 1794.
Item no. 136 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 136 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 with roulette & stipple engraving ; plate mark: 214 x 178 mm; sheet: 256 x 219 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Mr Courtenay" in pencil at foot of sheet.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
The head and shoulders of Courtenay, leaning forward to the right. He wears a cocked hat with a cockade.
Classification
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