Lee was a M.P. for Clithero; he stands with his arms folded, looking to the left. He had been Attorney-General from 19 Novemebr to 26 December 1783 and was noted for his remark on charters
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 9 with three other prints.
"Alderman Sawbridge stands in profile to the left; he bends forward, holding out his hat in his left hand; in his right is a paper inscribed 'Motion for Reform in the Representation'."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 9 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Publd. by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795 and Great Britain. Parliament
"Ritson stands at a desk in profile to the Ieft, writing in a large book, both pages headed 'Common Place'. His finger- and toe-nails are talons; he dips his pen in an ink-stand inscribed 'Gall', and has written: 'Moses an Impostor the prophets old Cloaths Men of Judæa Warburton a fool Dr Percy a Liar Warton an infamous Liar a pipeer [Ritson adopted a system of spelling chiefly characterized by a duplication of the letter e. 'D.N.B.'] better than a parson'. He wears a tightly buttoned overcoat and a top-hat; his toes project through broken shoes. From his pocket projects a pamphlet: 'The Atheist's pocket Companion.' He stands on a slab of (damaged) papers headed 'Dr Percy's Antient Balla[ds]'. his feet is a large open book; on one page is a half length portrait of Thomas Warton stabbed through with a knife and fork; on the other, 'History of English Poetry'. The room is filled with heavy folio volumes and vegetable products; there is a small window with cracked panes. A cow (head only visible) munches at a basket of large leaves beside a paper: 'Bill of Fare \ Nettle Soup \ Sour Crout \ Horse Beans \ Onions Leeks'. On a top shelf an emaciated cat, heavily chained, strains in vain towards two rats who nibble a bunch of candles; beside it is an open book: 'Abstinence from animal Food a moral duty'. Below, 'The Bible' slants across a gap in the book-shelf labelled 'Old Romances'. On Ritson's desk (left) is a pile of books on which squats a frog; on it vegetables are heaped."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Impiger iracundus, inexorabilis acer
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the initials of James Sayers., One line of Latin verse below image: Impiger iracundus, inexorabilis acer [Horace, Ars Poetica]., One line of Greek text below Latin verse., Four lines of English text above imprint: Fierce meagre pale no commentator's friend. Purs. Lit. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the Earth ..., Temporary local subject terms: Ink well -- 'Common Place' -- Iron gall ink., and Mounted on page 100.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803
Subject (Topic):
Desks, Writing materials, Books, Vegetables, Cows, Cats, Rats, Frogs, Vegetarians, and British
Full length profile portrait of Sir Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley, facing left and wearing a sword, his right hand inside a long coat, his left under the coat-tail
Description:
Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Variant state, without plate number "XVIII" in upper left corner. Cf. No. 6071 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted on page 17 with three other prints.
Portrait of Charles Stanhope (Lord Mahon) in profile to the right, leaning forward and gesturing with his right arm. He holds his hat and cane in his left hand
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Probable a later issue, with the number 'XIX' not visible in upper left of plate. Cf. No. 6072 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted on page 5 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published 17 June 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
Full length portrait of North facing right, with a paper in his right hand
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "12" in upper left corner., and Mounted on page 1 with three other prints.
"Lord Sackville advances in profile to the left, declaiming, left knee raised as if climbing a citadel, left hand on his breast, holding up in his right hand a cylindrical roll resembling a document, but inscribed 'Telum imbelle', symbolizing his unsoldierly conduct at Minden. His feet are cut off by the lower margin. Behind and below him (right) are the grinning heads of Lord Stormont and Lord Derby, saying "Hear Hear Hear". Sackville faces a flag inscribed 'Irish [P]ropositions', above which is a dove with an olive-branch, symbolizing the reconciliation between the Opposition and Sackville, who is supposed to be acting under their orders. Below the design is etched: 'Head Quarters Brookes's, 18th July 1785 You are to attack the Enemy's Propositions at six o'clock this evening [Fox] To [Sackville]' The signature and address are represented by strokes of erasure, see BMSat 6802 A. Beneath the plate is written in an old hand (? Sayers'): 'When France our Arms at Minden tried Gainst France opposd on Mindens plain [This line is erased, the first line having been written above it] When [erased] And Brunswick gave the Word Bid Sackville bring his pow'r he cried The Noble Lord demurr'd Pitt's propositions now the foe He boldly mounts the Breach Obeys Command & aims a Blow With all his pow'r,- of Speech'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & Irish -- Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Flags -- Symbols: dove with an olive branch -- Allusion to the Battle of Minden, August 1, 1759., and Mounted on page 46 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
Full length portrait of Rockingham standing in profile to the left, wearing bag wig and sword
Description:
Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Variant state, without plate number "XVI" in upper left. Cf. No. 6069 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted on page 13 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
