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10. A moving scene in the Fair Circassian a woeful tragedy written by Mr. Pratt / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Eliza Farren (left) as Almeida, and Bensley as Omar (right), in 'The Fair Circassian' face each other in profile. She bends towards him, clasping her hands; he stands erect holding out his right hand towards her. He holds in his left hand the end of a chain which is attached to his right wrist. Almeida's body from the waist upwards is not attached to her voluminous petticoats. Omar has a beard, he wears a feathered hat or turban and an ermine-bordered robe over a tunic."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title etched in image, centered at top., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Later state; plate has been reduced along lower edge removing former inscription, a new inscription has been etched at top of image, and a detached eye has been added to the left of Bensley's profile. For the earlier state bearing the title "A puff off", see no. 6359 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Five lines of verse etched below title: So Bensley stared with all his might, e'en till his eye-ball started, so Farren flew to meet his sight, but she had laced herself so tight, her top and bottom parted., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 28.5 x 36.6 cm, on sheet 30 x 38.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 32 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Pratt, Mr. 1749-1814. (Samuel Jackson),, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, and Bensley, Robert, 1742-1817
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and actresses, English, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A moving scene in the Fair Circassian a woeful tragedy written by Mr. Pratt / [graphic]
11. A new leaf for an old book of common prayer [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 June 1807]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 87. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Buckingham (left), holding a dark lantern, advances conspiratorially towards the closed door of the House of Commons, a high narrow chapel with arched windows, flanked by narrow buttresses and a spire and crenellated parapet. In the cloudy sky is a small crescent moon. A beam of light descends on him from the spy-glass held to the eye of the King in the upper left corner of the design, obliterating the ray from the dark-lantern."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Eight lines of verse below image, four on either side of title: Guy Faux and his treason are now out of season ..., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 26.1 x 19.1 cm, on sheet 28.2 x 19.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 87 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published y [sic] 4th June 1807 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
- Subject (Topic):
- Lanterns and Telescopes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new leaf for an old book of common prayer [graphic]
12. A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14 Jany. 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 19.3 x 17 cm, on sheet 21.1 x 18.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
13. A peep over the garden wall in Berkeley Square [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 62. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The equestrian statue of George III dressed as Marcus Aurelius stands behind the brick wall of Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, London, watching the assembly in the garden through a spy-glass. Above the wall, hats with French republican cockades are being waved while invisible speakers express support shouting "Vive Barrere," and "C̦a ira," in reference to Lord Lansdowne's failed motion for peace with France in February 1794. In the background is the facade of the house
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.4 x 24 cm, on sheet 33.2 x 25.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 62 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and France
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Barère, B. 1755-1841. (Bertrand),, and Lansdowne House (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Statues, Politics and government, Foreign relations, Sculpture, Horses, Garden walls, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep over the garden wall in Berkeley Square [graphic]
14. A posthaste conveyance for Scotch members [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 20th January 1784.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 22. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a horizontal Scotsman wrapped in a letter which is floating in the air under a signpost inscribed "To London." The letter bears a round stamp "Free" and is addressed "To the Majority, St. Stephen's Westmr. Free Duke or no Duke". A reference to allegations that the Duke of Portland bribed Scottish M.P.s with money for travel
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Probably a later state, with added scribbles in the background and with the presence of significant plate wear that makes printmaker's initials in lower left corner illegible. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.5108., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 23.3 x 28.7 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 30.3 cm., Mounted on leaf 22 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1811.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
- Subject (Topic):
- Legislators, National characteristics, Scottish, Corruption, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A posthaste conveyance for Scotch members [graphic]
15. A puerile attack upon an old servant [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 17th March 1787.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 40. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir James Erskine dressed as a little girl but wearing a man's wig, bends forward in profile to the left to thrash a mastiff (Hastings) who lies (left) surrounded by a wreath of thorns, his collar inscribed 'Keeper of Ind[ia]'. He holds in his left hand a paper inscribed 'Speec[h] for Thur[sday] Monopoly of Opium'. On the lash of Erskine's whip is a judge's wig inscribed 'Defence of Lord Clive'; its handle is decorated with bells. Burke's head and right arm project into the upper right corner of the design; he holds leading-strings attached to Erskine's shoulders. Below him and immediately behind Erskine are the head and shoulders of Francis, who leans forward, clapping his hands. Above Hastings a rectangular block inscribed 'Impeachment' hangs by a thread. Beside him are three stones, which have been thrown at him, inscribed respectively 'Malice', 'Eloquence', and 'Calumny'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 27 x 22 cm, on sheet 29.1 x 23.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 40 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A puerile attack upon an old servant [graphic]
16. A recruit for Opposition from the temple of British worthies [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14th April 1795.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 69. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Marquis of Buckingham, tall and bulky, stands against a measuring-post (left); Lord Derby, standing on a table, adjusts the horizontal bar to his head. Buckingham, wearing dark spectacles, stands without his shoes (which lie beside him), and holding his hat; he faces Fox, who is seated on a drum (right), and says: "To Pitt I made my Proposition But he rejected the Condition So I enlist with Opposition". He holds out to Fox a paper: 'Condition to be first Lord of the Admiralty'. Fox, taking the paper, scrutinizes it through a glass with a pleased smile. His drum is inscribed 'C F' and beside him is a spear from whose tasselled head hangs a placard: 'Watch Word Peace'. From the top of the measuring-post flies a flag of three horizontal stripes inscribed 'The Standard of Opposition.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sixth of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "6" etched in upper left corner, see no. 8641 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- House of Commons: Recruits for the Opposition -- Slogans: "Watch word peace" -- Measuring posts -- Spectacles., Mounted on leaf 69 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1805.
- Publisher:
- Published by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Measuring, Eyeglasses, Drums, Spears, and Flags
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A recruit for Opposition from the temple of British worthies [graphic]
17. A reverie of Prince Demetrius Cantemir, Ospidar of Moldavia [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 April 1788]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 44. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke sleeps in a half-reclining position, his arms folded, legs extended, spectacles pushed up on his forehead. On a pedestal above his head (right) is a bust inscribed 'Mahomet', a fierce-looking, mustachioed man. A hanging lamp burns before it. On the right is Burke's reverie or dream: A Turk sits cross-legged on a divan holding out his arms eagerly to a young girl who is being brought to him by his mother, an elderly woman, who says, grinning, "I have procured another Lamb for my Lord"; the girl turns away with a gesture of distress. Above the Turk's head is an open book inscribed 'Koran'. Beside Burke in the foreground (right) is propped an open book inscribed: 'And I have observed that the greatest Degree of Respect is paid to Women of Quality in the East and that the strongest Instances of Maternal Affection & filial Duty prevail there. Note Begum - The Viziers Mother frequently procures one of the most beautiful Virgins whom she adorns with Pearls and precious stones and brings to the Vizier whom she calls her Lion and desires him to take her to his Arms, this he most religiously performs and she is afterwards consig[ned] to the Zenana with 200 others whom he never sees a second Time.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 18.7 x 16.7 cm, on sheet 20.7 x 18 cm., and Mounted on leaf 44 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 26th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Turkey.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723.
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Sultans, and Waterpipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A reverie of Prince Demetrius Cantemir, Ospidar of Moldavia [graphic]
18. A shot at the Min----r, for a call of the House a hasty sketch of yesterdays business / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 February 1787]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 35. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox (right), wearing a hat, stands in profile to the left, discharging a blunderbuss at the Commercial Treaty (left), a long scroll whose lower portion rests on the floor. The muzzle of his weapon is the head in profile of Lord George Cavendish, from whose mouth missiles emerge. On bands round the muzzle are etched the Cavendish motto, 'Cavendo tutus'. From Fox's pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Methuen Treaty'. Behind Fox three seated members are indicated but not characterized; Burke leans forward from behind them holding out his hat in agitated approval. After the title is etched, 'a hasty Sketch of Yesterdays Business'."--British Museum online catalogue and "On 5 Feb. Pitt moved for a committee of the whole House (on 12 Feb.) on the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with France. Cavendish moved an amendment to delay the debate. Fox then spoke, attacking the treaty as (inter alia) a sacrifice of the Methuen Treaty with Portugal, and alleging that Pitt was 'opposed by the whole body of the people', and 'wrong in every article of his scheme'. 'Parl. Hist.' xxvi. 346 ff."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Shot at the Minister for a call of the House
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 19.6 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted with one other print on verso of leaf 35 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 6th Febry. 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Strt
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Foreign economic relations, and Firearms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A shot at the Min----r, for a call of the House a hasty sketch of yesterdays business / [graphic]
