Accession number
PML 146857.137
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey, [1794]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Number 4 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.
Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner.
Item no. 137 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner.
Item no. 137 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: 216 x 177 mm; sheet: 262 x 210 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Mr Lauderdale" in pencil at foot of sheet.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A bust portrait of Lauderdale, the head turned in profile to the right, with a fixed, smiling stare, both arms raised as if in violent gesticulation.
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