[Duke of Grafton] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Duke of Grafton] [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: Full length portrait of Grafton standing in profile to left and wearing a sword
Description: Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Variant state, without plate number "9" in upper left corner and with added roulette work. Cf. No. 6060 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Imprint etched over but visible.
Printing date of ca. 1806 conjectured from another print (Earl Nugent) in series on similar paper and with dated watermark. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 782.05.14.01.3 Impression 1.
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 17.6 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 28 x 20 cm
Edition: [State with no numbering in upper left].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Caricatures
Drypoints England London 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and drypoint with roulette ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subjects: Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > London > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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