Brissot citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]

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Title: Brissot citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 May 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Abstract: "A bust portrait of Lauderdale, the head turned in profile to the right, with a fixed, smiling stare, both arms raised as if in violent gesticulation. .... For Lauderdale and Brissot see British Museum Satires No. 8439."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: members of the opposition.
Subject identified in contemporary hand in upper left corner of sheet.
Watermark: 1805
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 21.5 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 25 x 22 cm
Edition: [State with plate number].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Soft-ground etchings England London 1794
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: soft-ground etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. 1754-1793. (Jacques-Pierre),
Subjects: Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

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