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 of a variant state
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.
For a variant state with plate number "4" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8453 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition.
Mounted on page 92 with one other print.
Provenance: Charles W. Traylen; May 1960;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.6 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 32 x 25 cm
Edition: [State without plate number].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Soft-ground etchings England London 1794
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),
Subject (Topic): Republicanism
Subjects: Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793
Republicanism
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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