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46. Frontispiece [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 58. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satyr seated in front of an easel is painting Fox's head in a cocked hat with a French cockade. He is using for his model a bust of Fox from which another satyr removes a smiling mask signed "Patriotism," revealing the word "Faction" on the forehead. A large portfolio signed "Outlines of the Opposition collected from the designs of the most capital Jacobin artists," is propped against four large volumes signed "Parliamentary Speeches" lying on the ground next to the easel
- Alternative Title:
- Outlines of the Opposition collected from the designs of the most capital Jacobin artists
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., First of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 29.2 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 32.1 x 25.8 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 58 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Satyrs (Greek mythology), Books, Artists' materials, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece [graphic]
47. Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. J-----n's letters [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 7th April 1788.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 39. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satirical print rebuking the many writers who profited by writing memoirs of Samuel Johnson. On the left, Mrs. Piozzi is seated at her writing desk in her study. With a look of astonishment. she looks behind her at the ghost of Samuel Johnson in a night shirt who with his right hand points to the portraits of James Boswell and Sir John Hawkins on the wall and in his left hand holds a money purse. Another portrait on the far right depicts John Courtenay with a pen in his hand looking toward a bust of Prisian. On her desk is a letter "D Johnson ... Letters Dear Lady", implying that she has been concoting Johnson's letters to her. Immediately above her desk in the middle of the wall of books, a violin, an allusion to her second husband a musician, obscures the portrait of her first husband Henry Thrale
- Alternative Title:
- Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. Johnson's letters
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Twenty-four lines of verse in two columns below title: Madam! my debt to nature paid, I thought the grave with hallow'd shade would now protect my name ..., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 25 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 19.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 39 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Name):
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Hawkins, John, 1719-1789, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, and Thrale, Henry, 1728-1781
- Subject (Topic):
- Ghosts, Studies (Rooms), and Authors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. J-----n's letters [graphic]
48. Frontispiece to Dr. Bellendenus's sermon preached before The Right Honble. &ca. &ca [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 24th May 1800.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 81. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dr. Parr stands in a pulpit, preaching, immediately under the sounding-board which is against the upper edge of the design. In his left hand is a pipe from which rises a cloud of smoke inscribed 'Exit in Fumo'; in his right hand is a pipe-stopper. From his mouth descends a billowing cloud of smoke inscribed 'Ex Fumo non dare Lucem'. Below him are the heads of men asleep, or yawning, or disgusted. In the lower right corner a woman puts up an umbrella as protection from the smoke, a man angrily inspects his watch. From a gallery heads, with the lank hair of zealots, look down with angry dismay. In the corner of a pew is the City Sword and mace, indicating the presence of the Lord Mayor."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Two lines of quoted Latin text below title: "Faucibus ingentem Fumum (mirabile dictu) "Evomit., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 36.2 x 27.2 cm, on sheet 38.9 x 29 cm., and Mounted on leaf 81 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Name):
- Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825
- Subject (Topic):
- Preaching, Religious services, Sleeping, Smoking, Umbrellas, and Yawning
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to Dr. Bellendenus's sermon preached before The Right Honble. &ca. &ca [graphic]
49. Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 December 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 76. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Frontispiece to citizen John Nicholls's parliamentary and unparliamentary letters, speeches and visions
- Description:
- 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., and Mounted on verso of leaf 76 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 15th Decr. 1797 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]
50. Frontispiece to the 2d edition of L-d St-----e's Observations on Mr. Pitt's plan of finance [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 25. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Stanhope stands in his library, declaiming; he has just risen from his chair and holds his pen in his raised right hand, his left rests on a small table (right) covered with documents. He wears a cocked hat; his leanness is caricatured, his legs being of exaggerated thinness. His right foot rests on a large volume, 'Cocker's Arithmetic'. Under his left hand are 'Observations upon Mr Pitts Plan' and 'M . . of Mr Sheridan's Speech - I prefer the Noble Lord['s] Plan to th[at] of the Minister less visionary'. Behind the table is a bookcase against which are pinned two placards, the smaller superimposed on the other. The larger is a 'Table of the Average Price of Stocks for April 1786', the prices being partly hidden by the smaller print: a man rides a horse in the air, above a line of buildings; a flying figure blows a trumpet. It is inscribed 'Ready for Ascension in a few Days Aerial Figures' and 'Thin glittering Textures of the filmy Dew'. On the right is a small cupboard on legs, its open door showing a chamber-pot whose overflowing contents drip on to a document inscribed 'To Prevent Bribery at Elections'. On the pot are papers inscribed 'Sinking Fund' and 'Surplus'; these fragments appear to have been torn from a document inscribed 'Report of the select Committee upon the Ministers Plan for the Reduction of the National Debt. Amount of Taxes Red[ucti]on of Salar[ies]'. Above this is an oval picture of the three Graces, to ridicule Stanhope's lanky figure and awkward gestures. Beneath the title is etched: 'One St.... pe pester'd his Relations With sage Advice about the Graces But left Finance and Calculations To plodding Pates, and graver Faces. Another St.... pe now appears Ye Pitts and Neckars give him place In Figures first of Financiers The first of Figures too in Grace.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Frontispiece to the second edition of Lord Stanhope's Observations on Mr. Pitt's plan of finance
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole makes reference to this print., 1 print : etching with aquatint and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 25 x 15.1 cm, on sheet 27.1 x 17 cm., and Mounted on leaf 25 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 29 May 1786 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
- Subject (Name):
- Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to the 2d edition of L-d St-----e's Observations on Mr. Pitt's plan of finance [graphic]
51. Galante show "redeunt spectacula mane" Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 43. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant chained to a stake inscribed 'A Benares Flea'. [2] Three mountains piled one upon the other, inscribed respectively, 'Ossa', 'Pelion', 'Olympus'; the whole is 'A Begum Wart'. [3] Four large eyes dripping tears float half-submerged in the water they have produced, inscribed, 'Begums Tears'. [4] A whale spouting is 'An Ouzle'. From the right side of the magic lantern the end of a slide (or slider, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6287) emerges; on it is an oriental seated cross-legged and smoking. Next the lantern (right) are the heads and shoulders of two spectators in back view who are applauding; one says "finely imagined"; the other, "poor Ladies they have cried their Eyes out". The 'profil perdu' of Lord Derby appears on the extreme right, saying, "very like an Ouzle [weasel]. "Polonius"" ['Hamlet', III. ii.]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched in bottom part of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper ; plate mark 16.4 x 15.1 cm, on sheet 18.7 x 16.8 cm., and Mounted with one other print on leaf 43 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oudh (Princely State)
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment and Projectors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Galante show "redeunt spectacula mane" Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / [graphic]
52. Game [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 4. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of a booted and spurred George Onslow, M.P. for Guildford, and supporter of the North ministry, facing left, his back to the viewer. In the right foreground stands a spurred game cock, a reference to Onslow's nickname, Little Cocking George
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 13.7 x 9.1 cm, on sheet 17.8 x 12 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 4 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Mr. Geo. Onslow.
- Publisher:
- Published 7th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Onslow, George Onslow, Earl of, 1731-1814
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Politicians, and Game fowl
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Game [graphic].
53. Gladiator pugnans [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 59. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox, standing on a pedestal in a posture of a fighting gladiator, strikes the royal arms with his outstretched left arm. In his right hand he holds a dagger hidden under a sheet of paper. Under his feet is a large volume inscribed "Good Ground of Opposi[tion] Subscription Book." On it stands a collection box
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., Fifth of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Royal arms -- Subscriptions: Subscription for Fox -- Boxes: Money box., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.3 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 32.9 x 25.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 59 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Coats of arms and Books
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gladiator pugnans [graphic].
54. Gulliver casting a damper upon the royal fireworks at Lilliput a hasty sketch of yesterday's business / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 30. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Speaker in his hat and robes stands in back view directing a stream (as Gulliver extinguished the fire in the royal apartments in Lilliput) upon Lilliputian fortifications and cannon; those seen between his legs are being dashed to pieces. Beyond are the masts of ships. The devastating stream is inscribed 'Casting vote'. The right side of the Speaker's chair is visible (right)."--British Museum online catalogue and Allusion to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels in reference to a bill in the House of Commons addressing Richmond's fortifications. It was defeated, Feb. 27, 1786
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24 x 16.4 cm, on sheet 26.1 x 18.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 30 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 1st March 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cannons, Forts & fortifications, British, Guns, and Urination
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gulliver casting a damper upon the royal fireworks at Lilliput a hasty sketch of yesterday's business / [graphic]
