Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

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Title: Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
Published / Created: 12th May 1791.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Abstract: An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 36 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Aquatints England London 1791
Material: etching and aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797.
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic): History
Foreign public opinion, British
Politics and government
Eyeglasses
Demons
Escutcheons (Heraldry)
Trees
Axes
Crowns
Bibles
Skeletons
Subjects: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Price, Richard, 1723-1791 > Caricatures and cartoons
France > History > Revolution ,1789-1799 > Foreign public opinion, British
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1789-1820
Eyeglasses
Demons
Escutcheons (Heraldry)
Trees
Axes
Crowns
Bibles
Skeletons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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