[Earl Nugent] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Earl Nugent] [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 May 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Abstract: "Portrait of Robert Craggs Nugent ... Irish peer and M.P. for St Mawes. He stands, bending forward from the waist, his head in profile to the left, his right hand extended, his hat in his left hand as if speaking in the House of Commons ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Plate numbered "8" in upper left corner.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.8 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 24 x 17 cm
Edition: [State with number "8" in upper left of plate].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Drypoints England 1782
Etchings England 1782
Material: etching and drypoint ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Ireland.
England
Subject (Name): Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788
Subject (Topic): Politicians
Public speaking
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > Ireland
Public speaking
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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