Robespierre [graphic]

Description

Title: Robespierre [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 May 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Abstract: "The head of Fox, looking to the left and frowning. Fox, often traduced as a would-be dictator, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c, is compared with Robespierre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "No. 1" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition.
Perhaps a later impression from a worn plate; plate number is lightly printed and barely visible.
Mounted on verso of leaf 72 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 20.7 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 23.4 x 19.6 cm
Edition: [State with plate number].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Soft-ground etchings England London 1794
Material: soft-ground etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
Subject (Topic): Republicanism
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794
Republicanism
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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