Vox populi [graphic]

Description

Title: Vox populi [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [6 April 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 6th April 1782, C. Bretherton
Abstract: Full length caricature of Charles James Fox, making a campaign speech, his right arm raised and fists clenched
Description: Title etched at bottom of image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.3 cm.
Mounted with three other prints on leaf 2 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
The figure in each print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Mr. Fox.
Provenance: Bequeathed by James Sayers to his sister and later given to Lord Eldon. Purchased from Christie's sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts, lot 305, 19 June 2012, with Lord Eldon's notebook (now LWL Mss Vol. 202).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 25 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Drypoints England 1782
Etchings England 1782
Material: etching and drypoint ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
England
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic): Politicans
Public speaking
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicans > England
Public speaking
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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