Brissot citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Brissot citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [12 May 1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Abstract
-
"A bust portrait of Lauderdale, the head turned in profile to the right, with a fixed, smiling stare, both arms raised as if in violent gesticulation. .... For Lauderdale and Brissot see British Museum Satires No. 8439."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- 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.
For a variant state with plate number "4" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8453 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition.
1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.5 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 23.7 x 19.7 cm.
Mounted on verso of leaf 73 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 21.6 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 32 x 25 cm
- Edition
- [State without plate number].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Verso of leaf 73. 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
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)
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Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. 1754-1793. (Jacques-Pierre), - Subject (Topic)
- Republicanism
- Subjects
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Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793
Republicanism
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
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
- 7982103
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819383
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