[General Burgoyne] [graphic]

Description

Title: [General Burgoyne] [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [17 June 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
Abstract: Full length portrait of Burgoyne as M.P. for Preston. He wears military dress and is turning toward the left, his hat in the left hand, his right extended and holding a paper
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Plate numbered "XV" in upper left corner.
1 print : etching with roulette on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.3 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: General Burgoyne.
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 26 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching with roulette ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Military uniforms
British
Subjects: Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Military uniforms > British
England > London > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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