The Madras tyrant, or, The director of directors [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Madras tyrant, or, The director of directors [graphic]
- Alternative Title
-
Director of directors
Jos, or, The father of murder, rapine &c. - Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Darly, M. publisher.
- Published / Created
- [16 March 1772]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. according to act of Parlt., March 16, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Abstract
-
A man in military dress riding in profile to the right. He rides a horse with a long tail and a trimmed saddle cloth. His thin stiffened queue projects from his head. Beneath is etched, "Jos. or the Father of Murder, Rapine &c." There is a resemblance to Lord Clive who was a large holder of East India Company stocks. At this time in 1772 there was a parliamentary enquiry into his conduct
- Description
-
Title etched above image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
One line of text below image: Jos, or the father of murder, rapine, &c.
Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner.
For an earlier state, see no. 5017 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Probably a later impression from a worn plate; printmaker's monogram in lower left corner is lightly printed and barely visible. - Provenance
- Suckling; May 1956;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 12.8 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 15 x 23 cm
- Edition
- [State with volume number].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 772.03.16.03.2
- Collection Title
- Leaf 78. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Collection Date
- [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Horseback riding
Riding habits - Subjects
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Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Horseback riding
Riding habits
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8331300
- Object ID (OID)
- 10715863
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