James Sayers
1748-1823
Anacharsis Cloots : l'orateur du genre humain, citoyen actif & sans culotte / JS f.
Published
[London] : Pubd 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey, [1794]
etching, stipple, and soft-ground etching
plate mark: 216 x 175 mm; sheet: 229 x 190 mm
Peel 1733
Notes
Number 3 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 "3" within the plate at upper right.
Item no. 138 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Numbered "3" within the plate at upper right.
Item no. 138 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking 3/4 to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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