Anacharsis Cloots l'orateur du genre humain, citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Anacharsis Cloots l'orateur du genre humain, 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
- Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Abstract
-
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--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 "3" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8452 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 -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition -- Male costume: Cocked hat -- Reference to sansculottes.
Mounted on leaf 74 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 21.3 x 17.6 cm, on sheet 23.9 x 19.8 cm
- Edition
- [State without plate number].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Leaf 74. 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
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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Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794. - Subject (Topic)
- Republicanism
- Subjects
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Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794
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
- 7982050
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819384
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