[Marquis of Rockingham] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Marquis of Rockingham] [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bretherton, Charles, -1783, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [17 June 1782]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Abstract
-
Full length portrait of Rockingham standing in profile to the left, wearing bag wig and sword
- Description
-
Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Variant state, without plate number "XVI" in upper left. Cf. No. 6069 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
1 print : etching with 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 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: The Marquis of Rockingham. - 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 12 cm, on sheet 25 x 19 cm
- Edition
- [State without plate number].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Leaf 8. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1782 and 1810]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1782 - Material
- etching with drypoint ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
England
England. - Subject (Name)
- Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clothing & dress
Politicians - Subjects
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Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Politicians > England
England > London > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11740955
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819283