Game [graphic].

Description

Title: Game [graphic].
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [7 June 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 7th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
Abstract: Full length portrait of a booted and spurred George Onslow, M.P. for Guildford, and supporter of the North ministry, facing left, his back to the viewer. In the right foreground stands a spurred game cock, a reference to Onslow's nickname, Little Cocking George
Description: Title etched at bottom of image.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 13.7 x 9.1 cm, on sheet 17.8 x 12 cm.
Mounted with three other prints on leaf 4 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. Geo. Onslow.
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 13.7 x 8.9 cm, on sheet 26 x 18 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Drypoints England 1782
Etchings England 1782
Material: etching and drypoint ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
England.
Subject (Name): Onslow, George Onslow, Earl of, 1731-1814
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Politicians
Game fowl
Subjects: Onslow, George Onslow, Earl of, 1731-1814 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Politicians > England
Game fowl
England > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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