[Duke of Grafton] [graphic]

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Title: [Duke of Grafton] [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 May 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Abstract: Full length portrait of Grafton standing in profile to left and wearing a sword
Description: Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Variant state, without plate number "9" in upper left corner and with added roulette work. Cf. No. 6060 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Imprint etched over but visible.
1 print : etching and drypoint with roulette on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.2 cm.
Mounted with three other prints on leaf 8 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: Duke of Grafton.
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 11.1 cm, on sheet 28 x 20 cm
Edition: [State with no numbering in upper left].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Caricatures
Drypoints England London 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and drypoint with roulette ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subjects: Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > London > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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