[Edmund Burke] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Edmund Burke] [graphic]
Alternative Title: For rhetoric he could not ope his mouth but out there flew a trope
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 by C. Bretherton
Abstract: Full length caricature of Edmund Burke, facing left making a speech. In his upraised right hand is a paper alluding to his Bill for Economical Reform
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.3 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 the 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. Burke.
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 17.6 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 29 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Drypoints England London 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching and drypoint ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
England
Subject (Name): Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic): Politicians
Public speaking
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > England
Public speaking
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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