Chauvelin [graphic]

Description

Title: Chauvelin [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 May 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Abstract: "A head of Lansdowne, looking to the right with an inscrutable expression."--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 "7" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition.
Mounted on page 94 with one other print.
Provenance: Charles W. Traylen; May 1960;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21 x 17.6 cm, on sheet 33 x 26 cm
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): Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Chauvelin, Bernard-François, marquis de, 1766-1832.
Subject (Topic): Republicanism
Subjects: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Chauvelin, Bernard-François, marquis de, 1766-1832
Republicanism
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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