Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Frontispiece to citizen John Nicholls's parliamentary and unparliamentary letters, speeches and visions
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [15 December 1797]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. 15th Decr. 1797 by H. Humphrey
- Abstract
-
"Nicholls stands directed to the left, almost in profile; his left eye is closed, but he gazes through a pair of double glasses held in his right hand, his face wrinkled in a sour grimace. Rays of light stream outward from the glasses. He wears a round hat with up-curved brim, half-boots, and holds a long cane in his left hand. Beneath the design: '"get thee glass Eyes And like a scurvy Politician, seem To see the things thou dost not" - Shakespeare'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched at bottom of plate.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Looking glasses -- Male dress, 1797 -- Literature: Quote from Shakespeare's King Lear, IV.5.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 30 x 19.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Mounted on verso of leaf 76 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 31.5 x 19 cm, on sheet 46 x 30 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Verso of leaf 76. 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 1797
Etchings England London 1797 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England.
- Subject (Name)
- Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
- Subject (Topic)
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Politicians
Eyeglasses
Staffs (Sticks) - Subjects
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Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > England
Eyeglasses
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
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
- 8154343
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819389
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