"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:
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 "4" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: members of the opposition., Subject identified in contemporary hand in upper left corner of sheet., and Watermark: 1805
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839 and Brissot de Warville, J.-P. 1754-1793. (Jacques-Pierre),
