Paradise lost [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Paradise lost [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [17 July 1782]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ...
DeGrey's note below plate mark.
Matted to 49 x 62 cm. - Provenance
- Parsons; February 1933. Thomas Philip Robinson, Earl DeGrey, 1781-1859.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 27.7 x 22.9 cm, on sheet 35 x 27 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 782.07.17.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title
- Leaf 12. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1782 and 1810]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Drypoints England London 1782
Watermarks (Paper) E & P 1801 - Material
- etching and drypoint ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
Milton, John, 1608-1674. - Subject (Topic)
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Politics and government
Pensions
Stone walls
Gates - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783 > Caricatures and cartoons
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Pensions
Stone walls
Gates
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
E & P > 1801
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership
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
- 6790332
- Object ID (OID)
- 10723501