The first charge, exit in fumo [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The first charge, exit in fumo [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792,
- Published / Created
- 14th April 1788.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Abstract
-
"A design divided by a vertical line on one side of which is Burke (right) declaiming with raised arms and downcast head; on the other (left) a scene in India illustrating his speech. An Indian, Cheyt Singh, looks over a high stone wall whose parapet is decorated with plants in vases, saying, 'Gadzooker He has taken my Hooker'. On the ground beneath the wall are two hookahs puffing out smoke, and the leg of a seated soldier, his body being cut off by the edge of the design. Burke, facing right, exclaims, 'Guilty of not suffering him to smoke for the space of two Days.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Possibly a reissue; the digit "4" in "14th" in imprint has been etched over a mostly-burnished digit "3".
Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 16.3 x 15.4 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 17.2 cm.
Mounted with one other print on leaf 43 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 16.5 x 15.5 cm, on sheet 23 x 20 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Leaf 43. 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
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781 - Subject (Topic)
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Impeachment
Waterpipes (Smoking) - Subjects
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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 > Impeachment
Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781 > Caricatures and cartoons
Waterpipes (Smoking)
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
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
- 8071024
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819343