Pand[e]monium [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Pand[e]monium [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Pand monium
Pandemonium - Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [the] 12th January 1784.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Abstract
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Charles James Fox is depicted half length, scowling, in the center of a crowd of his political colleagues, who include on the left Portland, Keppel, Lord Carlisle, and on the right Lord Derby, Lord Stormont, Cavendish, Burke, and in the foreground North. At the top of the image is a lozenge containing the arms of Rockingham. A satire on Fox's fall from power, comparing the event with Lucifer's expulsion from Paradise
- Description
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Title from text at top of image. The coat of arms obscures the letter 'e'.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Text following printmaker's signature: Plate [the] 4th.
Nine lines of text from Milton's Paradise lost etched below image: All these and more came flocking, but with looks downcast and damp ...
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.2 x 23.1 cm, on sheet 32.8 x 25 cm.
Mounted on leaf 17 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures. - 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 30.4 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 43 x 33 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Leaf 17. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1782 and 1810]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Political cartoons England 1784 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796
Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782. - Subject (Topic)
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Politics and government
Coats of arms - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796 > Caricatures and cartoons
Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825 > Caricatures and cartoons
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Coats of arms
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
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
- 6921490
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819302
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