Patriotic burghers attacking the House of Orange [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Patriotic burghers attacking the House of Orange [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [4 August 1787]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 4th August 178[...] by Thos. Cornell, Bru[...]
- Abstract
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"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour ... From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Year of publication from another version of the design. Cf. No. 7172 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 31.7 x 38.8 cm, on sheet 36 x 47 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 787.08.04.02+
- Collection Title
- Leaf 38. 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 1787
Soft-ground etchings England London 1787 - Material
- soft-ground etching ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806
- Subject (Topic)
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Frogs
Firearms
Liberty cap
Signs (Notices) - Subjects
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William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frogs
Firearms
Liberty cap
Signs (Notices)
England > 1787
England > London > 1787
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
- 11649552
- Object ID (OID)
- 10728340