Accession number
PML 146857.141
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey, [1794]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Number 7 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.
Numbered "7" within the plate at upper right.
Item no. 141 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Numbered "7" within the plate at upper right.
Item no. 141 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: 210 x 176 mm; sheet: 247 x 211 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Ld Lansdowne" written in pencil at foot of sheet.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A head of Lansdowne, looking 3/4 to the right.
Classification
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