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1. ***** on the sublime & beautiful [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [6 April 1785]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 27. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left shoulder; from his mouth float three scrolls inscribed, 'Invective against ye Minister', 'Short Observations on India Affairs' [a long scroll], and 'Tropes on the Irish Trade Bill'. Powys looks up at him with an angry expression; he holds in his hand a thick bundle of papers inscribed 'Memda of Important Observations Obvious Objections Perpetual Motions Doubts Facts Surmises Queries &ca &ca'. Sawbridge looks gloomily away from Burke, his left leg stretched along the seat; he holds a paper inscribed 'Mock Motion for Reform in the Representation &c.' Three members seated behind Burke hide their heads or turn aside from his spate of words. Beneath the title is etched: 'Sublimi feriam Sidera Vertice Hor.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 32.8 x 23.2 cm, on sheet 34.9 x 24.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 27 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > ***** on the sublime & beautiful [graphic]

2. A Gazette extraordinary from Berkeley Square [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [31 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 77. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Lansdowne, dressed as a news-boy, steps through a door in the garden wall of Lansdowne House. Across his cap (a bonnet-rouge) is a paper: 'Gazette Extraordiny'. He holds out a sheet headed with his arms and the title 'Gazette \ Extraordinary \ : Published without Authority \ Monday May 26th 1794 \ Berkeley Square'. Beneath, in two columns: 'Intelligence from America Lie the Ist Intelligence from France Lie the 2d Intelligence from Holland Lie ye 3d Intelligence from Italy Lie ye 4th Intelligence from Algiers Lie the 5th [signed] I am &c. Malagrida'. In his left hand is a news-boy's horn and under his left arm a sheaf of his 'Gazette Extraordinary'. Scrolls issue from his mouth: 'bloody News Great News' and similar scrolls float above the gate from the garden of Lansdowne House (where conspirators are supposed to be shouting): 'Ça ira Ça ira' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8443)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text below title: --credat Judaeus Apella", "non ego.", Temporary local subject terms: Newsboys -- Lansdowne House -- Male costume: 'Bonnet rouge' -- Berkeley Square -- Newsboys' horns -- Members of the Opposition., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 38.9 x 27.3 cm, on sheet 40 x 28.1 cm., Mounted on leaf 77 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark, trimmed: Edmeads & Pin[e].
Publisher:: Publd. 31st May 1794 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):: Newspapers, Newspaper carriers, and Liberty cap
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Gazette extraordinary from Berkeley Square [graphic]

3. A coalition medal, struck in brass [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 March 1783]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 14. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Head-and-shoulder portraits in profile to the left of Lord North and Charles Fox, as if in relief on a round medallion, with Fox's head superimposed on North's. Inscribed at the top, "Par nobile Fratrum." Below the title is added a note, "NB. The Reverse may be expected in a few days."
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 18.5 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 20.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 14 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 3d March 1783 by Edwd. Hedges
Subject (Geographic):: England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):: Hairstyles, Medals, and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A coalition medal, struck in brass [graphic]

4. A hasty sketch of yesterday's business [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 March 1784]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 23. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A headless Charles Fox holding his hat in the right hand and a handkerchief in his left, is shown addressing the House of Commons. Below the image is etched a burlesque of his most recent speeches that referred to the attempts at promoting a coalition between him and William Pitt and the debate on his motion to request the removal of the ministers: "'Mr ----- in one of the most animated Speeches he ever made in his Life engaged the Attention of the whole house - he began with saying That he should have sat a silent Spectator of the business of the day if a very personal Attack had not been made upon him by calling him the Head of a Faction, he assured the Gentleman nothing was farther from his Heart, all now wished for was a Union upon a broad basis, upon a fair, tho' not an equal footing, and if the Right honourable Gentleman over the Way would but submit to a Capitulation ..."
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 23.5 x 16.3 cm, on sheet 25.7 x 18.2 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 23 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 3d March 1784 by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Public speaking
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A hasty sketch of yesterday's business [graphic]

5. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Misfire at the Constitution
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 23.9 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 27.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

6. 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]

7. 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]

8. 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]

9. 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]

10. 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]

11. 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]

12. 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]

13. 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]

14. 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]

15. A transfer of East India stock [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [25 November 1783]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 20. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The complacently smiling Charles Fox walks across a cobblestone street towards an arched gateway resembling the entrance to the St. James's Palace, carrying the East India House on his shoulders. A note stuck in his pocket and two other ones that he walks on, as well as the papers falling out of the house, refer to the first of his East India bills that met with violent opposition
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 30.5 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 32.8 x 24.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 20 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 25th Novr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and East India Company
Subject (Topic):: Management, Politics and government, Building models, and Gates
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A transfer of East India stock [graphic]

16. A whisper 'cross the Channel [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 August 1785]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 29. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embrace across a narrow piece of water inscribed 'St George's Channel'. The bishop resembles, and is probably copied from, the figure in British Museum Satires No. 6654, &c. His right hand holds up a burning brand, his left is on Fox's shoulder. Fox's profile is hidden behind that of the bishop; in his outstretched left hand is a burning brand held horizontally above burning buildings which are sketched on the right of the design (in Ireland). Behind Fox is a building resembling St. Paul's, above which are heavy clouds. In the channel are ships."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & the Irish -- Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Church buildings -- Burning city buildings -- Lighting: Burning brands., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 25 x 19.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Mounted on verso of leaf 29 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Clergy, Bishops, Ships, Fires, and Torches
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A whisper 'cross the Channel [graphic]

17. Achitophel, an old Jew scribe lately turnd. Greek. Greeks. Persians (stowed together) worshipping the rising sun [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [11 July 1804]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 86. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The title is spaced to indicate the persons depicted. In a room in Carlton House the 'Greeks', or Foxites, superintend the obeisance of the Persians' or Grenvilles before the 'rising Sun' of the Prince of Wales. On the extreme left stands Thurlow ('Achitophel'), turning his back on the others with a morose frown. He is bearded, and wears old-fashioned dress with a tie-wig. In his pocket is a paper: 'Secret Advice to his R H No Respecter of Persons to invite Tag Rag & Bobtail to dine'. Next (left to right) stand Foxites: Norfolk, Windham, Fox (with a satisfied smile), and Sheridan who touches the shoulder of the kneeling Lord Grenville, saying, "lower my Lord". Next Grenville is the spectacled Marquis of Buckingham kneeling very low, and pressing down his son, Temple, who kneels immediately in front of the two brothers. Four others, all in back view (as are all the 'Persians' except Buckingham), and all with identical bag-wigs, kneel before the rays of a large sun. These rays are surmounted by the Prince's feathers and strike a solid mass of cloud above which are the (obscured) Royal Arms, supported on a motto: 'Auspicium [meli]oris Ævi'. The Unicorn looks down at the 'Greeks' with pained surprise, the Lion frowns with melancholy anger at the 'Persians'; one says "God save the King", the other "Long live the King". Through a large sash window (left) is seen the screen of Carlton House, and beyond it a railing with the notice: 'Ruspini Dentist to his Royal [Hi]ghness the Prince of Wales.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 29.5 x 37.2 cm, on sheet 30.8 x 39.9 cm., Mounted on leaf 86 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark, trimmed: J. Whatman 1811[?].
Publisher:: Publd. 11th July 1804 by H. Humphrey, St. James's
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Carlton House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Sun, Feathers, Unicorns, and Lions
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Achitophel, an old Jew scribe lately turnd. Greek. Greeks. Persians (stowed together) worshipping the rising sun [graphic]

18. An address from the citizens of N.....h to the National Convention [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14 Feby. 1795.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 58. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Four citizens of Norwich seated on a bull, which kneels with its chest touching a cobbled pavement, address a group of Frenchmen with animals' heads, standing in a doorway (right). The foremost man on the bull wears a bonnet-rouge with a coat of military cut. The next two are dissenters wearing clerical bands, one an artisan wearing a steeple-crowned hat, an apron, and ungartered stockings, the other in a black gown. A sanctimonious man wearing a low-crowned hat is last. Behind them Norwich Cathedral and a ruined castle on a hill inscribed 'Kett's Castle' are indicated. The foremost member of the Convention is a man with an ape's head, wearing bonnet-rouge and military coat; he holds up a hand of amity but conceals a dagger. Next him is a butcher with the head of a wolf, his apron inscribed 'Legendre'. Three others stand behind, two wearing cocked hats."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Address from the citizens of Norwich to the National Convention
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Thirteen lines of text in two columns, one on either side of title: Citizens, since the days of old Kett the republican, Tanner Faction always has seen us list under her banner ..., Temporary local subject terms: Frenchmen as animals -- Artisans -- Dissenters -- French National Convention -- Bonnet-rouges -- Reference to John Bull -- Buildings: Kett's Castle -- Norwich Cathedral -- Citizens of Norwich., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.3 x 27.7 cm, on sheet 23.8 x 29.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Legendre, Louis, 1756-1797 and Windham, William, 1750-1810
Subject (Topic):: Bulls, Liberty cap, Daggers & swords, Butchers, and Aprons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An address from the citizens of N.....h to the National Convention [graphic]

19. An ex-minister training a terrier at Bowood [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [March 1798]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 79. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Lansdowne (left) in 'profil perdu', stoops forward, encouraging a dog with the head of Jekyll to bark at a bust of Pitt; the word Bow issues from the mouth of Jekyll, who wears a legal wig, bands, and gown. The bust stands on the ground framed in a leafy arbour, and regards Jekyll serenely, a contrast with the latter's impudent and insignificant profile. After the title: "Latrat et ore fremit, bile tumetque Je-cur." Trees form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 21.1 x 27.5 cm, on sheet 23.2 x 28.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 79 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Dogs and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An ex-minister training a terrier at Bowood [graphic]

20. Anacharsis Cloots l'orateur du genre humain, citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 74. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
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., For a variant state with plate number "3" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8452 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition -- Male costume: Cocked hat -- Reference to sansculottes., and Mounted on leaf 74 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Anacharsis Cloots l'orateur du genre humain, citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]

21. Barataria [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [11 March 1789]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 51. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Prince of Wales is seated in a magnificent dining-hall before a bare table. The Duke of Leinster (right) offers him across the table a dish of 'Potatoes from Leinster'; the Prince extends his arms to take them, but turns his head to look at the forbidding Thurlow, dressed as a doctor, who stands (left) on his right. Thurlow points authoritatively to the potatoes with the head of his cane, saying, "Take back the Irish Potatoes". The Prince says with a peevish expression: "If I must not have the roast Beef [the English Regency] let me have ye Potatoes Doctor I have paid for them". On the extreme right, behind Leinster, Sheridan, with a melancholy expression, tries to take a dish containing a sirloin from a beefeater, who says, "This belongs to my Master Sir." In the foreground (left) Weltje (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7509), dressed as a cook, stands looking at the Prince, his hands clasped in dismay, saying, "By Got now we sail not heb our Desert". Two colonnades of pillars recede in perspective behind the Prince; on the plinth of one is a relief of Tantalus vainly trying to drink from the vessel at his lips. In the foreground (centre) are two dogs coupled together, one is Burke, in spectacles, looking hungrily at the bare table, the other is Fox, turning his back on the table and straining away from Burke. The Prince's chair is surmounted by his coronet and feathers. On a chain round Leinster's neck hangs a crowned Irish harp attached to the order of St. Patrick with its significant motto, 'Quis separa[bit].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & the Irish -- Mythology: Tantalus -- Literature: allusion to Cervantes, Don Quixote -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 30.1 x 34 cm, on sheet 32 x 36.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 51 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 11th March 1789 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Bears, Dogs, Dining rooms, Knives, Interiors, Plates (Tableware), and Potatoes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Barataria [graphic]

22. Barrere [graphic].

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 73. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The head of Sheridan in a similar position to that of Fox in British Museum Satires No. 8450, scowling and deeply furrowed, looking to the left. Sheridan is compared with the shifty, self-seeking Barère. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 8440."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.4 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 23.6 x 19.8 cm., Perhaps a later impression from a worn plate; plate number is lightly printed and barely visible., and Mounted on leaf 73 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Barère, B. 1755-1841. (Bertrand),
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Barrere [graphic].

23. Boring a secret of st--e a hasty sketch of yesterdays business / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [...] th July 1785.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 29. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Lord Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (Loughborough), whose head is in back-view, is boring into the transverse section of the log. The point of the auger is the smiling head of Lord Stormont, in profile facing downwards, the top of his wig being the point of contact. Two small stumps of branches are inscribed 'Ist Proposition' and '2d Proposition'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a probable earlier state
Alternative Title:: Boring a secret of state
Description:: Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Publisher's name is absent from imprint, and beginning of date has been burnished from plate., Probably a later state, with day of publication burnished from plate and month of publication altered from "June" to "July", of no. 6796 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & Irish -- Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Tree trunks -- Benches -- Tools: Augers., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 15 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 17.5 x 26 cm., and Mounted with one other print on leaf 29 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):: Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Logs, and Drilling & boring machinery
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Boring a secret of st--e a hasty sketch of yesterdays business / [graphic]

24. Brissot citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 73. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "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 of a variant state
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., For a variant state with plate number "4" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8453 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.5 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 23.7 x 19.7 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 73 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
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),
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Brissot citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]

25. Brissot's visit to his friend Lord Leveller [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 60. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A headless Brissot, with his right arm stretched forward and his head under his left arm, runs toward Lord Lauderdale who is sitting on a rocking horse. Lauderdale turns back his head on a snake-like neck to look in surprise at his guillotined friend. From Brissot's neck cavity issues a warning "To lead the crowd midst faction's storm, I rode your hobby horse Reform, And found my arts prevail,Till other Lev'llers ruled the mob, And then I lost my seat and nob, Take warning L........." The rockers of the horse are inscribed "Reform" and move over a document with an attached seal, titled "Nolumus leges Angliae mutari."
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 29 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 31.7 x 25.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 60 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pubd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Brissot de Warville, J.-P. 1754-1793 (Jacques-Pierre), and Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Subject (Topic):: Hobby horses, Decapitations, and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Brissot's visit to his friend Lord Leveller [graphic]

26. Camille des Moulins anglice Joe Miller orateur vif & sans culotte / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 74. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The head and shoulders of Courtenay, leaning forward to the right. He wears a cocked hat with a cockade."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "5" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8454 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.5 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 23.9 x 19.6 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 74 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Courtenay, John, 1738-1816 and Desmoulins, Camille, 1760-1794.
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Camille des Moulins anglice Joe Miller orateur vif & sans culotte / [graphic]

27. Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [5 December 1783]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 21. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 30.1 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 32.1 x 24.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street [graphic]

28. Chauvelin [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 75. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A head of Lansdowne, looking to the right with an inscrutable expression."--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 "7" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 20.8 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 23.4 x 20.1 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 75 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 and Chauvelin, Bernard-François, marquis de, 1766-1832.
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Chauvelin [graphic]

29. Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1785]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 26. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., 1 print : etching with drypoint and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 34.3 x 28.5 cm, on sheet 36.7 x 29.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 26 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

30. Citizen Bardolph refused admittance at Prince Hal's [graphic].

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 61. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Sheridan stands in profile to the left, with fallen jaw and disconcerted expression, before a hoarding across the front of Carlton House, in which is a lion's-head knocker which looks fiercely at him. Over the hoarding appear the huge hands, head, and shoulders of Big Sam, the (former) porter at Carlton House (see British Museum Satires No. 7905), wearing a round hat with a curled brim and the motto 'Ich dien'. He looks down, saying, "no Admittance Sir We are all loyal". On the hoarding (right) are two play-bills: 'Drury Lane The Second Part of King Henry the IV .... The Manager in Distress' (by George Colman, 1780, here an allusion to Sheridan's position); 'Covent Garden Venice preser[ved] or a Plot discove[red]' (Otway, 1682)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Carlton House -- Emblems: British lion -- Mottoes: Prince of Wales's motto -- Literature: Reference to William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part II -- Reference to George Colman's The Manager in Distress -- Reference to Thomas Otway's Venice Preserved or a Plot Discovered., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.3 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 32.9 x 25.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 61 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlton House (London, England),, Covent Garden Theatre., and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Playbills and Porters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Citizen Bardolph refused admittance at Prince Hal's [graphic].

31. Citizen Don Quixotte becomes the champion of French principles [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 63. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Stanhope, striding forward in profile to the left, approaches an altar to 'French Principles', while with his left foot and left hand he overturns a bishop seated behind him on a bench. On the summit of a quasi-cylindrical altar is the seated figure of a female monster with webbed wings, snaky hair, and pendent breasts, a firebrand in the right hand, a dagger in the left. Behind her stands a foppish Frenchman with a simian head, dressed as a soldier, one foot resting on a large skull. In his right hand is a headsman's axe, in his left he holds out to Stanhope a hangman's noose. Stanhope places on the altar a paper inscribed in large letters: 'Philosophy Atheism Rapine Murder'. The altar itself is decorated with a headsman's axe and block, the word 'Liberté' in a wreath, and shackles. At its foot lie a cross and an overturned chalice. The bishop's head is turned in back view; he topples backwards as Stanhope kicks his bench; he represents the bench of bishops ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Citizen Don Quixote becomes the champion of French principles
Description:: Title etched below image; the word "Don" is scored through but conspicuously legible., 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 31.5 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 34.4 x 26.4 cm., Mounted on leaf 63 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1805.
Publisher:: Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):: England., Great Britain, and France
Subject (Name):: Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Altars, Demons, Executioners, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Citizen Don Quixotte becomes the champion of French principles [graphic]

32. Concerto coalitionale [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 June 1785]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 28. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Between Fox and Surrey, Powys, the second violin, is seated on the ground, looking with an agonized expression (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6413) towards Fox, the first violin. From Fox's pocket hangs a paper: 'Irish Propositions set to music for the White Boys'. Burke is farther to the left, blowing his trumpet with a deeper scowl. Lord Derby has been displaced from his central position for Lord Sandwich, seated in an arm-chair, holding a roll inscribed 'Catches & Glees' with which he beats time, turning to the right where Stormont blows the French horn as before. Farther to the right Lord Carlisle, in profile to the left, plays the clarinet (or hautboys). Derby, standing between Burke and Sandwich, plays the pipe and tabor. Eden plays the Irish harp as before and in the same position, but at his feet is a squalling cat, watched contemptuously by a large dog whose collar is inscribed 'watch'. Another dog howls with its fore-paws on the open music-book inscribed 'Ballanamonioro'. On the extreme left, in 'profil perdu' to the left, Portland is seated at the harpsichord; his music is also '[B]allanamonioro'. In the foreground (left) is a fox, its collar inscribed 'Fox', standing on a kettledrum, its cloth decorated with the Cavendish arms and motto, 'Cavendo tutus', and snarling at an overturned side-drum decorated with the royal arms; this indicates Fox's attitude to the Crown and the support given to him by the Duchess of Devonshire. Other books of music, a cittern, &c, lie in the foreground. On a chimney-piece, behind Portland, is a bust, laurel-wreathed with a blank face, inscribed 'oντiς'; against it lean a lyre and a smiling mask. Two manuscripts hang down from the chimney-piece: 'Critique on the Rolliad' and 'Probationary Odes for the Laureateship'. These emblems signify the anonymity of the two famous political satires which went into several editions in 1785 after appearing in the 'Morning Herald'. On the back wall, above the heads of the performers, are (left to right) marrow-bones and cleavers, reminiscent of the bands of butchers who had supported Fox in the Westminster Election. Next is a framed picture: Fox beating a tambourine, North playing a clarinet to which dance performing dogs and a hare. In the centre is an oval bust portrait of the Prince of Wales, the frame inscribed 'Auspicium melioris Ævi' (see British Museum Satires No. 6771). The third depicts Fox leading a performing bear, while a man, resembling a bearded Jew, plays a hurdy-gurdy. On the extreme right a legal wig is hung above a set of bagpipes; it is inscribed 'New Wig' [Whig] with the letters 'C.P'; on the bag are the letters 'PC', on one of the pipes '1745'. They represent Loughborough, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and his self-seeking changes of party."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 30.1 x 40.6 cm, on sheet 32.3 x 43.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 28 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published [the] 7th June 1785 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814
Subject (Topic):: Trained animals, Concerts, and Musical instruments
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Concerto coalitionale [graphic]

33. Date obolum Belisario [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 August 1782]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 33.8 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 36.5 x 26.3 cm, and Mounted on leaf 13 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):: Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]

34. Delpini à la Rossi [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [26 April 1785]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 30. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Delpini, dressed as a woman, both arms held above his head, runs forward in profile to the left imitating a dancer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One line of quoted text following title: "Grace was in all her steps" &c., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 27.4 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 22 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 30 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 26th April 1785 by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Name):: Delpini, Mr. -1828 (Carlo Antonio),
Subject (Topic):: Cross dressing, Opera singers, and Stages (Platforms)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Delpini à la Rossi [graphic]

35. Egalité ci devant noble / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 76. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A head of Grafton in profile to the right."--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 "8" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.5 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 23.8 x 19.9 cm., Possibly a later impression from a worn plate; plate number is lightly printed and barely visible., and Mounted on leaf 76 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 and Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793.
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Egalité ci devant noble / [graphic]

36. Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 March 1787]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 35. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with aquatint and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 29.2 x 22.8 cm, on sheet 31.4 x 24.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 35 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):: Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]

37. For the trial of Warren Ha[stings] seventh day / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately February 1788]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 42. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Parodied by, or a parody of, British Museum Satires No. 7277. A design based on the tickets of admission to Westminster Hall, which bore the name and arms of Sir Peter Burrell, Deputy Great Chamberlain; [in right of his wife, Lady Priscilla Bertie, who with her sister was jointly hereditary Great Chamberlain of England] in the centre of the escutcheon were the arms of his wife: three battering-rams placed horizontally. The crest was an embowed arm holding an olive-branch. In place of the rams' heads of the battering-rams are the heads, in profile to the left, of Burke, frowning, of Fox, smiling, and of Francis with a fixed stare. The arm of the crest holds a scourge whose lashes terminate in scorpions and is inscribed 'Lex Parliamenti omnipotens'. Beneath the escutcheon is a motto on a scroll: 'Sub libertate Tyran' [sic] which replaces the original motto: 'Sub Libertate Quietem'. Two supporters have been added: Dexter, a weeping judge, his cap inscribed 'Common Law', holds a scroll whose words are scored through: '[Magna] Charta Judicium Parium aut Lex Terrae'. Sinister, Justice, looking up in terror at the scourge by which she is threatened, and dropping her scales. Beneath the escutcheon is a view in miniature of Westminster Hall showing clearly the Managers' box (left), in which Fox stands, violently declaiming; Burke sits next him frowning. A document inscribed 'First Article' hangs over the side of the box. The head of Hastings, a good profile portrait, is turned towards Fox; on the right, are his three counsel in back view. Behind them are the heads of the peers, wearing hats, and on each side the Commons (left) and the ladies (right) in the peeresses' seats. At the far end of the hall the throne with the Queen's box and the Prince of Wales s box are freely sketched. The foreground is decorated by branches of leaves (? olive) and an open book inscribed 'From Envy Hatred & Malice and all Uncharitableness Good Lord deliver us.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: For the trial of Warren Ha : seventh day and Seventh day
Description:: Title etched within banner at top of image, the head of the figure of Justice obscuring the remaining letters of Hastings's name; "seventh day" etched along bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 20.2 x 14.7 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 42 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Justice and Symbols
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > For the trial of Warren Ha[stings] seventh day / [graphic]

38. Francois Philippeaux citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 75. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The head and shoulders of Philip Francis, his head turned in profile to the left, with the baleful stare characteristic of Sayers's portraits of Francis as the enemy of Hastings, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7292."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
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., For a variant state with plate number "6" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8455 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Oppositions: Members of the Opposition., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.3 x 16.3 cm, on sheet 23.3 x 18.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 75 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Francis, Philip, 1740-1818 and Philippeaux, Pierre, 1754-1794.
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Francois Philippeaux citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]

39. French invasion upon Dutch bottoms ombres chinoises / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14th April 1795.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 71. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Five members of the Opposition watch with admiring surprise 'Ombres Chinoises': figures whose shadows are thrown on a sheet or screen, the scene enclosed in a circle: three fat Dutchmen seated on the sea advance directly towards the spectators. On the shoulders of each sits a French sansculotte soldier, cadaverous and sinister; the central figure wears a cocked hat from which project cannon or trench-mortars, he holds a tricolour flag. The others wear bonnets-rouges; one (left) blows a trumpet, the other (right) beats a drum. The Dutchmen are impassively smoking pipes, two wear French cockades; from the hips of each project the mouths of cannon. The light background of the circle stands out on a tinted ground; above it is a scroll, apparently issuing from the mouth of the trumpet: 'Terror the Order of the Day'. Only the heads and shoulders of the spectators are visible, all in back view except that of Lansdowne on the extreme right, who says "Astonishing effect". The others (left to right) are Fox, looking through a glass as in British Museum Satires No. 8641, Sheridan, Stanhope, and a bishop identified as Watson of Llandaff. Fox says: "what a fine Effect"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Seventh of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Threat of French invasion of Britain -- Reference to the Dutch fleet -- Military: Dutch soldiers -- Sansculottes -- Bonnet rouge -- Musical instruments -- Slogans: "Terror the order of the day.", 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 32.7 x 25.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 71 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):: Navies, Dutch, Soldiers, French, Cannons, Trumpets, Drums, Flags, Liberty cap, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > French invasion upon Dutch bottoms ombres chinoises / [graphic]

40. Frontispiece [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 72. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Frontispiece to a set of eight satirical portraits (British Museum Satires Nos. 8450-7), in which members of the Opposition are travestied as French republicans. With the set is a bonnet-rouge, printed in red on paper cut along the lower edge of the cap so that it can be fitted to the forehead, transforming the subject into the Frenchman of the title. A satyr sits on a pile of large volumes, directed to the left, his head turned with a smile towards the spectator. In his right hand he holds out a large bonnet-rouge with a French cockade, saying, "If the Cap fit put it on". In his left is a large scroll inscribed: 'Illustrious Heads \ designed for a new History \ of \ Republicanism \ in French & English \ dedicated to \ The Opposition \ "... mutato nomine de te" \ Fabula Narratur" NB The work will not be compleat \ till all the heads are taken off.' On his breast is an irradiated head, probably of Truth. The six books forming his seat are: 'Conventional Decrees'; 'Addresses from Societies for Reform in England'; 'Speeches of the Minority'; 'Presbyterian Sermons'; 'Pamphlets'; 'Pamphlets'. Three other volumes form a back to the seat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism in French & English, dedicated to the Opposition
Description:: Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition -- Symbols: Bonnet rouge -- Emblems: Tricolored cockade -- Allusion to the French Revolution -- Symbols: Head of Truth -- Allusion to reforms., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 29 x 21.3 cm, on sheet 31.9 x 23.2 cm., and Mounted with one other print on leaf 72 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 12st [sic] May 1794 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Liberty cap, and Books
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece [graphic]

41. Frontispiece [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14th April 1795.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 65. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The artist (left), a partly draped figure with small horns among his loosely curling hair, points with both hands to a picture on an easel (right), turning his head towards the spectator. In front of him (left) is a table on which are his painting-materials: a sheaf of brushes in a pot, palette, charcoal-holder. On a large canvas a man with the head of a wolf stands wearing a sheepskin with the head on his head and shoulders. In his right hand is a firebrand, the left supports the long staff of a flag inscribed 'Watch Word Peace'. Above it hovers a dove with an olive branch. At his feet stands a snarling wolf, also in sheep's clothing. A mastiff standing beside the artist barks at the (painted) wolf. Against the easel rests a large volume: 'Outlines \ of the \ Opposition \ in 1795 \ collected from the Works \ of the most capital Jacobin Artists \ " They speak Peace to their \ Neighbours, but Mischief is in their hearts, they devise deceiful \ Things against them that are quiet \ in the Land " Psalms'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:: Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 collected from the works 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 in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "1" etched in upper left corner, see no. 8636 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Peace with France., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.4 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 33.2 x 26.4 cm., Mounted on leaf 65 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1805.
Publisher:: Published by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):: Dogs, Books, Artists' materials, and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece [graphic]

42. 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]

43. 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]

44. 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]

45. 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]

46. 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]

47. Funeral of the Constitution [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:: [March 1829]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Lain in. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "In the foreground are Wellington and Peel as grave-diggers; Eldon, a stout elderly Hamlet wearing a cloak, stands (left) holding a skull, and saying: "Here's fine revolution and [sic] we had the trick to see it." Wellington stands in a grave, in profile to the left, wielding a pickaxe. His shirt-sleeves are rolled up, he wears a small cap; his military coat, cocked hat, and sword lie beside him. He says to Peel: 'Come take off the Orange Peel [see British Museum Satires No. 15683] quickly, I can't get on without you.' Peel, wearing garments of green slashed with orange, is about to take off an orange waistcoat (cf. British Museum Satires No. 15701). He answers 'I'll change my self before you can say Jack Robinson.' On the extreme right are the posterior and left leg of George IV (as in British Museum Satires No. 12803) who is scurrying off to the right, beside a tombstone which serves as sign-post and is inscribed 'To Hanover' [see British Museum Satires No. 15704]. In the middle distance (right) is the funeral procession, the coffin carried by four bearers with a pall inscribed 'Constitution 1829'. On it stand a large crown and mitre with papers: 'Magna Charta' and 'Bill of Rights'. It is followed by one mourner in cloak and scarf (J. B.), who covers his face with a despairing gesture, exclaiming 'Oh! dear! Oh! dear, what will become of Mrs Bull, & all my little Bulls?-- We shall have nothing but the Popes Bulls. Oh my--' Behind are (left) St. Paul's and (right) York Minster. The pediment of the former is inscribed 'St Pauls now St Patricks' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 11898]. On the steps, about to enter, is the Pope, rollicking indecently between a monk (left) and O'Connell (right) in wig and gown. The Pope: 'Och! my darling you have done the job. fal lal la!!' O'Connell: 'Huzza! Huzza! Ould Ireland for ever! Huzza!!!' Behind them (left) capers a ragged Irishman, playing bagpipes and shouting 'St Patrick day in the morning!! Och! my Darlings!' An Irish crowd is indicated in the background. Farther from the spectator is York Minster, blazing furiously, flames and smoke covering the sky; an incendiary with a firebrand (Martin, see British Museum Satires No. 15658) rushes from the building, striding across a paper inscribed 'Blanco [scored through] Black is White'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Robert Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Text beneath lower right corner of image: Hamlet, Act Vth, Scene a church-yard. Enter two clowns with spades., and Laid in James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 1829 by T. McLean, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, York Minster,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leo XII, Pope, 1760-1829, and O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847
Subject (Topic):: Catholic emancipation, Cemeteries, Gravedigging, Skulls, Funeral processions, Coffins, Crowns, Miters, Monks, Bagpipes, Torches, and Fires
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Funeral of the Constitution [graphic].

48. 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]

49. 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].

50. 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].

51. 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]

52. John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 64. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.
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 32.9 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 35.7 x 27.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 64 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, France, and England
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Janus (Roman deity), Politics and government, Foreign relations, Altars, Guillotines (Punishment), Skeletons, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]

53. Loyalty against levelling [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 December 1792]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 57. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The left and wider portion of the design represents 'England', the right portion 'France'; two posts and the corners of two buildings meet along the dividing line. From each post a horizontal beam projects to support a signboard, in each case that of a crown. In England this is in place, and has the inscription 'Good Entertainment for Man & Horse'; two Frenchmen standing on the opposite side are pulling at the English sign with ropes. They stand on the sign of the (French) crown which has already been cut down. They are assisted by Tom Paine who sits astride the horizontal bar to saw it through, but leaves his saw in the wood to stare in terror at a large bill, posted on the house from which the sign projects, and inscribed: 'Association for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans and Levellers Resolved. . . '. He exclaims, "Here's a Stop to my Levelling." He is dressed in a slovenly manner and from his pocket protrude 'D Priestley Sermon' (see British Museum Satires No. 7887, &c.) and 'Rights of Man' (see British Museum Satires Nos. 7867, 8137, &c). On the ground, and opposite the door of the Crown Inn, stand a sailor (left) and a soldier (right) who clasp hands; the sailor waves his hat, crying, "for our King and"; the soldier, who holds a musket, the butt end resting on the ground, adds "Country". Against the door is pasted a bill headed 'Proclamation' (see British Museum Satires No. 8095), and ending 'God save the King'. The rays of the sun dispel some dark clouds which surround Paine. In the background is a castle, flying a British flag, and the masts of ships. In front of them is a wall on which stands a small defiant British Lion. In France the sky is covered with heavy clouds. On the building are three large placards: [1] 'Liberté & Egalité Ca ira', [2] 'Mr Fox's Speech to the Vig Club Anglois', [3] 'Memorial of Cit Thos Paine to the Nation[al] Conven[tion]'. Beside the two men who pull at the English crown is a third Frenchman, a ragged sansculotte, who holds a pike on which is a head; he stands astride a recently decapitated body, shouting, "Vive la Nation." Behind him are the branches of a bare tree, inscribed 'L'arbre de la Liberte', from which hangs the body of a monk."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge and within plate mark in lower left corner., Two lines of quoted text below title: "Nought can make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true.", Temporary local subject terms: Associations: Association for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans and Levellers -- Male costume: French sans culottes -- Signboard "Crown Inn" -- Tools: Aaws -- Chains -- Proclamations -- Soldiers: British soldier -- Soldiers' uniforms -- Weapons: Muskets -- British Lion -- Executions: Decapitated body -- Executions: Hanged monk -- Travesties: Dead tree of liberty -- St. James's Palace., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.3 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 21.9 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 57 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 15 Decr. 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):: Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Ropes, Saws, Sailors, British, Soldiers, Military uniforms, Rifles, Lions, Crowns, Spears, Decapitations, Nooses, and Monks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Loyalty against levelling [graphic]

54. Monsieur Francois introduces Master Pr***tly to the National Assembly [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 18th June 1792.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 57. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The interior of a hall intended for the French National Assembly. On the extreme left a large tub raised from the ground serves as tribune, its right half only being visible; from this leans a grotesquely caricatured and foppish Frenchman, blowing a trumpet with a force which distends his cheeks. In his right hand are leading-strings supporting a lean youth who stands on the floor leaning forward, a firebrand in his left hand, an electrical rod in his right. From the trumpet of François (de Neufchâteau) issue the words 'Voici un beau Garçon le fils de Dr Pr***tly grand Democrat &c.' Young Priestley addresses the members who are seated on the extreme right under a gallery, travestied as men with the heads of animals (an ass, two frogs, an owl, a boar); he says, "Papa sends me to you for Improvement I will bear true Allegiance &c." They put their fingers to his electrical rod, which emits sparks. This rod is connected by a chain with a large jar inscribed 'Phlogiston from Hackney College'. Above the members the corner of a gallery appears from which three grinning fishwives look down. In the back wall is a large Gothic window."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Monsieur Francois introduces Master Priestley to the National Assembly
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Hackney College -- Change of nationality -- Reference to William Priestley's application for French citizenship -- Animalization: Members of the French National Assembly as animals., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.8 x 20 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 21.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 57 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Name):: Priestley, William, -approximately 1835, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804., and François de Neufchâteau, Nicolas Louis, comte, 1750-1828
Subject (Topic):: France, Phlogiston, Electrical apparatus, Trumpets, Torches, and Windows
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Monsieur Francois introduces Master Pr***tly to the National Assembly [graphic]

55. Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1781]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 31. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printed on one sheet with a portrait also by Sayers: Miss Farren., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple engraving and roulette on wove paperr ; plate mark 24.9 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 26.8 x 19.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 31 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):: Actors, British, and Costumes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]

56. Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 12th May 1791.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:: Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 37.2 x 26.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):: History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

57. Oppositions attempt to raise the dead [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 17th March 1788.
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, Sheridan, and Powys are engaged in opening a large rectangular tomb inscribed '[H]ere lie [t]he Remains [of] Mr F------s India Bill'. On the front of the tomb are two winged heads of cherubs and a scroll inscribed 'India Bill'. Fox (left), facing the inscribed end of the tomb, lifts the covering slab with both hands; the head of a skeleton looks out, holding out a crown in one hand, the other grasps the edge of the tomb and a cere-cloth inscribed 'Patronage'. Sheridan (right) stands in back view blowing a trumpet from which issues a scroll inscribed 'it was opposed by a sencless Yell'; on the banner of the trumpet are the words 'Compare the two'. Powys stands behind the tomb, leaning forward and blowing a trumpet, from which issues a scroll inscribed 'a bold Measure characteristic of the Movers Mind'. On the extreme left, above Fox, is a bell inscribed 'Vox Populi', tilted at an angle which shows that it is ringing; from it issues a long scroll which falls into the tomb, inscribed: 'Lie still if youre wise youll be d if you rise'. In the foreground are skulls and bones."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., For a slightly different version of the same design, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 788.03.17.02., and Mounted with one other print on verso of leaf 35 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pub. by T. Cornell
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Great Britain. Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India., India, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Skeletons, Trumpets, and Bells
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Oppositions attempt to raise the dead [graphic]

58. Pand[e]monium [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [the] 12th January 1784.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 17. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles James Fox is depicted half length, scowling, in the center of a crowd of his political colleagues, who include on the left Portland, Keppel, Lord Carlisle, and on the right Lord Derby, Lord Stormont, Cavendish, Burke, and in the foreground North. At the top of the image is a lozenge containing the arms of Rockingham. A satire on Fox's fall from power, comparing the event with Lucifer's expulsion from Paradise
Alternative Title:: Pand monium and Pandemonium
Description:: Title from text at top of image. The coat of arms obscures the letter 'e'., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate [the] 4th., Nine lines of text from Milton's Paradise lost etched below image: All these and more came flocking, but with looks downcast and damp ..., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.2 x 23.1 cm, on sheet 32.8 x 25 cm., and Mounted on leaf 17 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Coats of arms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Pand[e]monium [graphic]

59. Paradise lost [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 July 1782]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 12. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 27.2 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 29.6 x 24.8 cm., Mounted on leaf 12 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
Publisher:: Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Paradise lost [graphic]

60. Patriotic burghers attacking the House of Orange [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 August 1787]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 38. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour ... From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Year of publication from another version of the design. Cf. No. 7172 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 31.3 x 40.1 cm, on sheet 33.3 x 42.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 38 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 4th August 178[...] by Thos. Cornell, Bru[...]
Subject (Name):: William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806
Subject (Topic):: Frogs, Firearms, Liberty cap, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Patriotic burghers attacking the House of Orange [graphic]

61. Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 16th July 1786.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 22.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 32 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):: Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]

62. Pre-face to Bellendenus [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 27th Decr. 1787.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 36. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Half length portrait of Samuel Parr (1747-1825) seated full-face behind a table; his right fist rests on a large book, 'Bellen[denus]'; in his left hand is the stem of a long pipe which he smokes, scowling. In the smoke are the words 'Damn τоν δεινα'. Beneath the title is etched: '"Fore tamen optandum est ut ad ultionem potius quam defensionem composita fiat Tabula" Vide Prœf. fo. xxxvii'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Preface to Bellendenus
Description:: Title etched at bottom of image., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 17.2 x 14 cm, on sheet 19.4 x 16.1 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 36 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Name):: Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825
Subject (Topic):: Pipes (Smoking) and Preachers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Pre-face to Bellendenus [graphic]

63. Principal characters in the new play of The road to royalty! [graphic].

Published / Created:: [approximately May 1829]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Laid in. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Twelve reduced copies (hand-coloured woodcuts), crude and sometimes simplified, of caricatures, arranged in three rows of four, each in a border, having an additional title above the design, the original title (except in No. 9) being below. The original of 11 is not in the Museum. The designs are copied in British Museum Satires No. 15782, or, otherwise, from it. [1] No. 15732, reversed. Above: ''Tis all vel at Vindsor'. Inscription: 'Does jarvey [Wellington] mean to start on his own account? Them leaders seem tohave it all their own way'. [2] No. 15731, reversed. Above: 'Achilles' [cf. No. 14409]. Inscription: 'Ready to start, your Honour'. Reproduced, Hindley, Life and Times of Catnach, p. 214. [3] No. 15734, reversed and altered: Peel holds, not a cage, but a rat by the tail. Above: 'Orange Pe--l' [cf. No. 15390]. Inscription: 'He made each felley turn his coat | And caught each rat by the tail'. [4] No. 15733. Above: 'The Cunning Hen'. The inscription is as the original, but continues, 'or they'll bolt with the coach'. [5] No. 15749, reversed and with the same inscription. Above: 'Paddy Whack!' [6] No. 15736, reversed and altered. Above: 'The Oeld 'un'. His foot is on the Catholic [Bill]. Inscription: 'I drove the Long Tail Blacks [cf. No. 15658] for fifty years. I drove your dad, your honour'. [7] No. 15737, reversed and altered. Above: 'A Kow-Cumber'. Inscription: 'I say, Jemmy All-Weather [see 8], keep your eye on them fellies of the Sovereign--they're arter no good: See they dont prig our luggage. That coach is their own, they think'. [8] A copy of No. 15752, reversed. Above: 'A Man of All-Weathers'. Inscription: 'I was once a bright lad, | But now I'm a Cad'. [9] A copy of No. 15703, reversed and altered; title: 'The Man wot missed his mark'. Above: 'Once in Batter sea | NoW-in-Chelsea'. His paper is headed 'Anti-Catholicism'. On the rock are scrawled two duellists, aiming at each other. Inscription: 'Death's heads and marrow bones, are now my portion'. [10] A copy of No. 15756, reversed and without the letter. Above: 'A drive from Dublin'. Inscription: 'One kick from the leader floor'd me'. [11] 'The Man wot owns the Vestminster'. Above: 'Long Franky'. Burdett stands in profile to the left, knees flexed, regarding a small framed picture of a giraffe (see No. 15425). Inscription: 'I used to go by the John Bull, now I goes by the Sovereign'. (The radical M.P. for Westminster as a supporter of the Ministry, cf. N0.16058.) [12] 'John Bull, broke down'. Above: 'The Last Stage'. Probably based on No. 15743. J. B. stands in profile to the right, bowed under a bulky sack inscribed 'Taxation'; he rests both hands on a stout stick, inscribed 'Trade', which breaks under his pressure. (See No. 15799.)"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text at top of sheet., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., One line of quoted text below title: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.", "Price 2s."--Lower left corner., and Folded and laid in James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Printed and published by T. Rockliffe, 65 Ratcliff Highway
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, George V, King of Hanover, 1819-1878, Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, Winchilsea, George William Finch-Hatton, Earl of, 1791-1858, Anglesey, Henry William Paget, Marquis of, 1768-1854, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character) and Caricatures
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Principal characters in the new play of The road to royalty! [graphic].

64. Published by order of the Society for Constitutional Information by D. A-s Secrety. [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1791]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 55. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An ass, laden with panniers filled with books, lifts up its head to bray 'Rights of Man' (thrice repeated), while its hind-legs are kicking in the direction of the British Lion (right). From its head hang an ink-bottle and pen. The books are inscribed 'Paines Pampl[et]', 'Paine' (twice), 'Libels on the Constitution', 'Treason', 'Atheistic Trac[ts]', 'Treasonable Essays', 'Seditious Pamphlets'. The head only of the lion, crowned, appears on the right, his mouth is open as if roaring, and he holds open a large book inscribed: (left) 'Reflections on the Revolution in France &c by the Right Honble E Burke', and (right) (a quotation from p. 3,1st ed.): 'the soci[ety] calling itself the Society for Constitutional Information was intended for the Circulation at the Expence of the Members of many Books which few others would be at the Expence of buying and which might lie on thands [sic] of the Booksellers'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Published by order of the Society for Constitutional Information by D. Adams Secretary
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Two lines of quoted text below title: "From all sedition, privy conspiracy and rebellion, from all false doctrine, heresy and schism &c., Good Lord deliver us.", Temporary local subject terms: Societies: allusion to the Society for Constitutional Information -- Literature -- Crowned British Lion -- Panniers -- Daniel Adams as an ass -- Inkwells., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.4 x 28.4 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 29.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 55 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 12th May 1791 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Donkeys, Lions, Writing materials, and Books
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Published by order of the Society for Constitutional Information by D. A-s Secrety. [graphic]

65. Rats in the barn, or, Iohn Bulls famous old dog Billy astonishing the varment [graphic]

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:: [ca. March 1829]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Laid in. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An obese John Bull depicted as a yokel in a smock, claps his hands to egg on a terrier with the head of Eldon who holds a rat with the head of Wellington in his teeth. John Bull says, "Thats right Old Boy, give it em what they thougth you had lost all your teeth. Give it' em Scott & lot." Other rats with human heads scurry away in terror, one with the head of Peel (?) has been flung into the air. John Bull stands in the doorway to the barn. The Church spire in the distance behind him is propped up by two beams, one of which is labelled: Prop
Alternative Title:: Iohn Bulls famous old dog Billy astonishing the varment and John Bulls famous old dog Billy astonishing the vermin
Description:: Title etched below image., A figure of 'Paul Pry' is an artist's device used by William Heath., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of imprint., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Political & other caricatures daily pub., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26 x 37.3 cm, on sheet 29.3 x 43.2 cm., and Laid in James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Catholic emancipation, Hunting dogs, and Rats
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Rats in the barn, or, Iohn Bulls famous old dog Billy astonishing the varment [graphic]

66. Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 April 1783]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 16. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Heads of the members of the new ministry stand on wig blocks in a barber's shop. The barber washes his hands in a bowl attached to a double stand with the bewildered looking head of Lord North and the happily smiling one of Charles Fox on it. Behind them stand blocks with the heads of the Duke of Portland, Lords Cavendish, Stormont (David Murray), Carlisle, and Admiral Keppel. Samuel House, a well known Fox supporter, and a plebeian politician, is seated, with his tankard in his hand, in a chair placed next to Keppel's head. The head of Burke behind him wears an unhappy expression, perhaps at the distance between him and the other cabinet members. Behind the barber on the floor lie the discarded heads of former ministers, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Shelburne, and Dundas. Above on the wall are mirror images of Charles I and Cromwell, ready to embrace each other. "A new Map of Great Britain and Ireland" above the fireplace is torn between Ireland and the British Isle on which the name 'England' is conspicously absent below Scotland and Wales
Alternative Title:: Heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom and Heads of a new wig administration on a broad bottom
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 40.1 x 27.4 cm, on sheet 42.7 x 28.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 16 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 21st April 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and London
Subject (Name):: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Wigs, and Maps
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]

67. Robespierre [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 72. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The head of Fox, looking to the left and frowning. Fox, often traduced as a would-be dictator, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c, is compared with Robespierre."--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 "No. 1" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition., Perhaps a later impression from a worn plate; plate number is lightly printed and barely visible., and Mounted on verso of leaf 72 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
Subject (Topic):: Republicanism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Robespierre [graphic]

68. Scrub [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 February 1786]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 33. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part). Her hand is in the pocket of a long, old-fashioned coat worn over an apron. On the wall behind her head is a bust of Farquhar, scowling down at her, disgusted to see a woman play the part. On each side is a picture: on the left the head and shoulders of a man calling "Murder Murder", the frame is inscribed, "Mr Weston in ye part of Scrub". On the right a woman emerges from the funnel of a bottle, as the Bottle Imp. She is of meretricious appearance, holds up a purse in her right hand, a mask in the left; the frame is inscribed, 'For the Benefit of Thalia For this Night only The Pit laid into the Boxes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 21.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 33 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 15th Febry. 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Abington, Mrs., 1737-1815 (Frances Barton), and Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707.
Subject (Topic):: Actresses, British, and Pictures
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Scrub [graphic]

69. The Atlas of the landed interest [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [18 February 1784]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 24. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A lanky Thomas Powys carries a large corded bale on his shoulders. It is inscribed, "Landed interest for M[r. Fo]x at Brookes's by the carrier from the St. Albans," i.e., St. Albans Tavern where a committee was formed to promote a coalition between Pitt and Fox
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Another version, etched on a slightly narrower plate and with slight differences in image and text, of no. 6413 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 23.8 x 15.9 cm, on sheet 26.3 x 18 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 24 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 18th Febry. 1784 by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Atlas of the landed interest [graphic]

70. The Bedford level [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14th April 1795.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 67. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The gate of Bedford House (Bedford Square) with the double doors sufficiently open to show a man descending the steps of the house carrying a sack of plunder. On one side of the gate sits the Duke of Bedford, dressed as a jockey and seated on a saddle supported by trestles; he looks down, his face is concealed by his cap, his arms are folded. At his feet is a paper: 'Motion for Peace with France'. On the opposite side sits a sansculotte astride a pile of plunder topped by a bundle of 'Title De[eds] of Estates in -'. His feet rest on money-bags and on a ducal coronet. He wears a bonnet-rouge and grasps a bag inscribed '£1000', looking towards the Duke. A horizontal beam or 'Bedford Level' touches both their heads, from its centre rises an upright against which hangs a plumb-line, exactly vertical. On each gate-post is a double-headed Sphinx (cf. British Museum Satires 8786), one head (left) looks down mournfully at Bedford, another (right), with snaky locks, grins down at his companion."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Fourth of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "4" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Reference to motion for peace with France, 26 January 1795 -- Buildings: Gate to the Bedford House, London -- Bedford Level: Reference to Isle of Ely -- Symbols: Freemasons' level -- Level as symbol of equality -- Reference to the Duke of Bedford's estates -- Sansculottes -- Bonnet rouge -- Emblems: Tricolor cockade -- Male dress: Jockey's dress., and Mounted on leaf 67 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published by H. Humphry [sic], New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
Subject (Topic):: Gates, Liberty cap, and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Bedford level [graphic]

71. The Chamber of Commerce, or, L'assemblée des Not-ables Anglois [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [14 Fenurary 1787]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 36. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A number of men with asses' heads sit round a table signing a petition. They are upon a platform in a ramshackle room; a ladder rests against its left corner; on the ladder appear the head and shoulders of Fox in back view; he holds strings attached to the noses of the asses. The ass seated at the head of the table (left) hands down to him a 'Petition to the House of Commons for Delay [signed] Ign[or]amus'. An ass holds a long document, the 'Commercial Treaty with France', which falls across the table on to the ground; on his right shoulder an ass rests his head; another on the left sleeps with his head resting on a pile of books on the table. A spectacled ass writes busily; next him, at the end of the table (right), an ass leans back asleep. The nose of a braying ass appears through a door on the extreme right. Behind the table an ass places a notice on the wall: 'Chamber of Commerce at a Meeting held the 10th of February Resolved'. This partly covers another bill: 'Chamber [of] Commerce at a Meeting 9th Decr 1786 Resolv[ed]'. On a shelf (left) a figure of Mercury with a wooden leg dances, flourishing a caduceus; the right hand is broken off; behind it part of a vase is visible inscribed 'Wedgwood'. Figure and vase are on a pedestal inscribed 'Ex Quovis Ligno non fit Mercurius'. A casement window with broken panes and a raftered ceiling indicate the squalor of the room."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Assemblée des not-ables anglois and Assemblée des notables anglois
Description:: Title etched in bottom center of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 22.8 x 28.3 cm, on sheet 24.5 x 29.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 36 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. the 14th Febry. 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and France.
Subject (Name):: Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795. and France.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Foreign economic relations, Mercury (Roman deity), and Donkeys
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Chamber of Commerce, or, L'assemblée des Not-ables Anglois [graphic]

72. The Master of the Inn confers the order of knighthood on Don Quixotte scene, the Temple cloister / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately August 1803]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 82. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Erskine, dressed as an officer of the Inns of Court Volunteers, kneels on one knee to receive spurs from Sir James Mansfield, in legal wig and gown, who stands over him, his sword held vertically. Erskine's knee rests on a bulky brief: 'The King v. Hardy Brief for Def[ence]'; he says: "Henceforth I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance [? and abjure] traiterous . . . (the words obscured by his plumed helmet)". In the foreground two couples of privates or N.C.O.s (left and right) walk off scowling suspiciously over their shoulders at the investiture. The design is framed by two arches of the cloister of the Temple Church. Through one (left) is seen the body of the church: three (sculptured) recumbent Knights Templars raise themselves from their tombs to gaze in horror at the scene. All five volunteers wear plumed helmets and epaulets. The two on the left carry, one a pike, the other a bayoneted musket, both directed towards the new knight. Under the foot of one is a torn paper: 'Mr Sheridan Speech & Vote of thanks to the Volunteer[s]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text in top part of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse below image: Templars of old were valiant knights, defenders of their country's rights ..., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 37.8 x 30.4 cm, on sheet 39.5 x 31.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 82 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821, Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Temple Church (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Arches, Soldiers, British, and Judges
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Master of the Inn confers the order of knighthood on Don Quixotte scene, the Temple cloister / [graphic]

73. The Regency twelfth cake not cut up "And all the people rejoiced and said "Long live the King" / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 19 Febry. 1789.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 50. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox and his party (three quarter length) surround a Twelfth Night cake which Weltje was about to cut into portions. The cause of a sudden check to this proceeding is indicated by a broad ray of light (which strikes the cake and the bystanders) and by a scroll: 'The King shall enjoy his own again'. Weltje stands on the left, his arms extended towards the scroll, saying, "Den by Got we sail heb no Cake"; he drops his knife. He and Sheridan are the most agitated of the party: Sheridan with a face of despair looks up, saying, '"Now our Ruin is complete" School for Scandal'. (He is Joseph Surface as in British Museum Satires No. 7510, &c; the actual words are "Tis now complete!') Fox stands disconsolately, his hands in his pockets, his back to the ray. Burke (right), his arms folded, scowls up at the ray. Behind these three Stormont, Loughborough, and Sandwich (on the extreme right) regard it with less pronounced despair. Portland stands behind the cake, frowning fixedly. The centre of the cake is ornamented with the Prince of Wales's coronet and feathers (as are Weltje's buttons); on the centre feather is poised a crown. The cake has been marked in sections where it is to be cut, these are inscribed 'Ist Lord Admy' [Sandwich had been considered for the post and also for that of Ambassador to France], 'Secrety State foreign' [Fox], 'Secrety State home' [Stormont], 'Paymar Genl' [Burke], 'Ist Comm Board Control', and 'Treas Navy' (Sheridan's arm extends across this, the place intended for him, pending a transfer to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, Sir G. Elliot, 'Life and Letters', i. 260-1)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Quotation from Sheridan's School for scandal., 1 print : etching and aquatint with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 27 x 34.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 50 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publ. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Crowns, Cakes, and Knives
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Regency twelfth cake not cut up "And all the people rejoiced and said "Long live the King" / [graphic]

74. The St*****e, a republican gunboat constructed to sail against wind and tide [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14 April 1795.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 70. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Stanhope swims beside a small two-masted sailing-vessel, dragging it against wind and stream. His head and chest are in the position of a figure-head, his right arm is outstretched, holding a tricolour flag, his left arm is stretched behind him holding the tiller, and he kicks at the rudder with the left foot, his leg being raised above the water from the knee. He is pushed forward by a dolphin-like monster swimming (right) behind the vessel, which prods the skirts of his coat with a trident. The monster wears a French cockade; his tail waves in the air. From a staff in the stern, surmounted by a cap of 'Liberty', flies a flag: 'Equality & Fraternity'. Stanhope breasts the rippled water, which flows strongly against him, inscribed (left) 'The Current of public Opinion'. A small vessel (left) in the background sails left to right, her sails inflated. From the upper left margin projects a head blowing a blast of 'Loyalty' against 'The Stanhope'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Stanhope, a republican gunboat constructed to sail against wind and tide
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Fifth of a set of seven prints in the series "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "5" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Boats -- Monsters -- Public opinion -- Cap of Liberty -- Loyalty., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 23.8 x 29.8 cm, on sheet 27.1 x 33.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 70 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Subject (Topic):: Sea monsters, Liberty cap, Gunboats, and Tridents
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The St*****e, a republican gunboat constructed to sail against wind and tide [graphic]

75. The address of the Protestant dissenting ministers ... [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 March 1805]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 56. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Eight dissenting ministers, headed by Dr. Abraham-Rees, approach the King with an address whose inscription is the only title; it continues: 'in & about the Cities of London & Westmr We your Majesty s loyal and faithful...' Rees, a bulky 'Encyclopedia' in his coat-pocket, puts one foot on a step leading to a doorway within which are visible the legs of the seated King, and his right. hand, which rests on a wall-box from which issues a paper: 'Bramah Patent Water [C]losets'. Just outside the door, holding his long wand of office, Salisbury, the Lord Chamberlain (actually Dartmouth, cf. British Museum Satires No. 10283A), stands stiffly looking over the heads of the Addressers, who are ushered in by a beef-eater on the extreme left. Rees is scarcely caricatured except for a grotesque stalk-like neck which issues absurdly from a wide coat-collar. Behind him is Theophilus Lindsey, holding his hat and a big umbrella. Most of the other six are probably portraits, but two may be generalized sectaries with lank hair. All have sour, apprehensive expressions. A quasi-Tudor window suggests St. James's Palace. A whole length portrait of Charles I is issuing from the frame, one hand held up in horror. Over the door of the inner closet are the Royal Arms."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: From secret treason civil strife, may God preserve our sovereign's life ...
Description:: Title etched on scroll in image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Date from British Museum catalogue, which notes that this plate was not published., Six lines of verse in three columns below image: From secret treason civil strife, may God preserve our sovereign's life; And guard his court from these tormentors, fanatics, democrats, dissenters; Addressing knaves who sin and pray, and kiss like Judas to betray., 1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper ; plate mark 34.6 x 40.5 cm, on sheet 38 x 41.2 cm., Contemporary pencil annotations in lower margin note that the plate was "unpublish'd" and that the subject matter deals with the "address on his Majesty's escape from assassination.", and Mounted on leaf 56 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Rees, Abraham, 1743-1825, Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808, Popham, Home Riggs, 1762-1820, and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Politicians, Honor guards, Windows, and Umbrellas
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The address of the Protestant dissenting ministers ... [graphic]

76. The battle of the clubs, or, The game of beat knave out of doors [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 21st Decr. 1792.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 56. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Within a handsome room, whose roof is supported by Corinthian columns, is a medley of playing-cards: the whole suit of clubs headed by the king and queen. On the extreme right is the knave (Fox), who is being kicked out of the door by the toe of the king which protrudes beyond the lower right corner of the card. Fox looks alarmed, saying, "Now I must associate". The queen holds a shield on which are the arms of the City of London. A banner emerging from the cards is inscribed: 'Associations for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans & Levellers'. Above the door (right) is a picture: 'Plan of a new Constitution'; a house of cards is being demolished by a blast inscribed 'Loyalty' which issues from a head in the upper left corner; the topmost (but dislodged) card is the knave of clubs. On the extreme left are two rats: one holds up a card, a ten of (mixed) clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades; he says, "Association of the Dissenters" (the initial word 'loyal' has been scored through). The other rat watches him, saying, "As the Cards are against us we had better join the Clubs"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Game of beat knave out of doors
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text below title: NB This game should be play'd with all the knaves of the pack., Temporary local subject terms: Associations: Association for Preserving Liberty & Property Against Republicans & Levellers -- Cards: Royal clubs -- Vermin -- Loyalty -- House of cards., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 20 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 21.7 x 25.5 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 56 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):: Playing cards and Rats
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of the clubs, or, The game of beat knave out of doors [graphic]

77. The biographers [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [June 1786]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 38. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The three biographers of Johnson sit under his bust, which frowns down at them from a high rectangular pedestal. Mrs. Thrale (left) and Boswell (right) sit facing each other; she leans back, her head turned in 'profil perdu' towards Johnson (who looks at her); she holds a large open book, the pages headed 'Memoirs \ Life of Dr Johnson'; her pen is in her right hand. Boswell writes busily in an open book on whose left page is depicted a bear on its hind legs, holding a large stick, a chain attached to its muzzle. Between them is a small table at a corner of which Boswell writes. At its farther side, with his back to the bust, sits Courtenay scratching his forehead in perplexity, his elbow supported on a book inscribed 'Joe Miller'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image, Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Twelve lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Three authors in three sister kingdoms born, the shrine of Johnson with their works adorn ..., Temporary local subject terms: Joe Miller's Jests., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.2 x 19.2 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 21.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 38 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. June 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, and Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):: Books, Authors, and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The biographers [graphic]

78. The brewer and the thistle [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 26th June 1805.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 84. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Whitbread, his body, limbs, and head covered by tubs of varying shapes and sizes, raises a drayman's pole, to which is attached a hooked chain to smite the drooping head of a thistle with the features of Melville, his profile facing the ground; the flower forms a spiky coronet. The stem is inscribed 'Me quisque impune lacerrit' (replacing the 'nemo me impune ...' of the motto of the Order of the Thistle). Whitbread's heavy pole is 'Tenth Report'. The tub on his body is 'Wormwood', those on his legs are 'Quashee' [Quassia] and 'Aloes' (allegations of adulteration against his beer, cf. British Museum Satires No. 10574). He tramples on torn papers: 'Trial by Peers' and 'Magna Charta'. Another torn paper is 'Criminal Prosecution by the Atty General'. A large intact paper is: 'New Law Inquisition Committees Torture Question Thumb Screw Peine forte [et dure]'. On the right is a ruinous ale-house, before the door of which Fox sits astride on a large cask. He holds a big frothing tankard and watches Whitbread with cynical satisfaction. The head of the cask is inscribed 'Old Hollan[ds] For Ullage Cas[k] defict . . . Millions.' (An allusion to his father, Lord Holland, as the 'public defaulter of unaccounted millions', a gibe recurring over a long period, referring to the City Petition of 1769, cf. British Museum Satires No. 9739, &c.) Beside him a man in Highland dress, resembling Lauderdale, leans against the building, watching the outrage with frank pleasure. From a broken first-floor window leans Wilberforce, a sour sectary in a steeple-crowned hat inscribed 'Puritanism'. His hands are clasped; he says: "I say. Amen to all Cantwell." Above his head is a placard: 'Hymns & Spiritual Songs on the Slave Trade by St Wilber.' From his window projects a sign-board with a bust profile portrait of St. Vincent, hunch-backed and wearing a ribbon, inscribed 'System of Terror' and 'Hoc Signo non Vincent.' [Parodying the often-quoted in 'hoc signo vinces', the inscription on a vision of a fiery cross, to which legend attributed the conversion of Constantine. The 'non' is added inconspicuously with a caret.] On the building is a torn placard: 'performed The Tragedy Timon of [Athens] Lord Timon Mr Melville Lucullus a false friend & Kinsman Mr Kinhard [Kinnaird] little more than Kin and less than kind Scotch Reel &c.' Facing the ale-house, and on the extreme left, is the corner of the poop of a ship, the Romney. From this projects a hand aiming a blunderbuss inscribed 'Pophams Defence' at the sign-board; a blast of flame and smoke issues from it. On the ship is a board inscribed 'Wanted Supply of naval Stores Inquire within'. Below her is a faint wraith-like ship, 'Melville Castle', whose poop and (unrigged) masts are behind the drooping thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Six line of verse below title: Sansterre [sic] forsook his malt and grains, to mash and batter nobles brains, by lev'lling rancour led; Our brewer quits brown stout and washey, his malt his mash tub and his quashee, to mash a thistle's head., 1 print : soft-ground etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 37.5 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 84 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published by H. Humphrey, St. James's St.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Popham, Home Riggs, 1762-1820
Subject (Topic):: Barrels, Thistles, Taverns (Inns), Signs (Notices), and Ships
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The brewer and the thistle [graphic]

79. The charmers of the age [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [30 May 1786]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 34. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed."--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 25.2 x 21.4 cm, on sheet 27.8 x 23.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 34 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 and Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Roman, and Singers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The charmers of the age [graphic]

80. The comet [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 18th Feby. 1789.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 49. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A comet traverses the design diagonally and downwards from right to left across an aquatinted background; the head is that of the Prince Wales in a star, the tail contains the heads of his disappointed followers. This broadens as it recedes from the head; immediately after the Prince is the head of Sheridan, with a gloomy expression. Behind him are Fox, with a melancholy smile, and Portland, looking angry. After them comes the wig in back view of Lord Loughborough (see British Museum Satire No. 6796). Next come Stormont and (in 'profil perdu') North. They are followed by the Duke of Queensberry (one of the 'rats') holding up a quizzing-glass and Powys with his habitual melancholy scowl. Behind them are Lord Lothian (another 'rat'), Burke, with an angry frown, and the Duke of Norfolk. Between Norfolk and Queensberry is the 'profil perdu' of Derby. They are followed by Lord Sandwich, Bishop Watson of Llandaff, and Sir Grey Cooper. Next are two clerical wigs in back view identified by Miss Banks as Wilson, Bishop of Bristol, and Warren, Bishop of Bangor, while in the upper left corner of the print is the swarthy profile of Sawbridge. Beneath the title, and on the background which represents the sky, is etched: 'A Return of the Comet which appeared in 1761 [Above the final '1' of the date is a '2'.] is expected this Year and to be within our horizon from the month of Octr 1788 to Augt 1789 but is expected to be most -visible {if it forces itself upon our Notice) in the Winter months Febry & March ------ vide Dr Trusslers Almanack By some of the ancient Astronomers Comets were deemed Meteors kindled in the Air and designed as Presages or unlucky Omens of some disastrous Catastrophe------ The Peripateticks deemed them not permament Bodies but bodies newly produced and in a short Time to perish again, and affirmed that they were made up of Exhalations in the terrestrial Regions------ Sr Isaac Newton asserts That the Tail of a Comet is nothing else than a fine Vapour which the Head of the Comet emits by its heat that Heat the Comet receives from the Sun and the magnitude of the Tail is always proportional to the degree of heat which the Comet receives, and Comets which are nearest to the Sun have the longest Tails------'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched in image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 23.3 x 29.8 cm, on sheet 25.7 x 31.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 49 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buccleuch, Henry Scott, Duke of, 1746-1812, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Watson, Richard, 1737-1816, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, and Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815
Subject (Topic):: Regency and Comets
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The comet [graphic]

81. The contents of the sneezing bag analyzed for the information of the gentlemen of the King's Arm's Committee [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [27 February 1784]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 24. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A sneezing Charles Fox emits "euphorbium," "coalition," "capsicum," "India Bill," "violation of Charters," "Cromwell's ambition," "Cataline's ability," "Damiens loyalty," and "Machiavels politics." Below his chest, an open bag inscribed, "Cabinet bag 1783," falls down. A reference to an incident during which Fox's opponent threw in his face a bag containing euphorbium powder that causes violent sneezing
Description:: Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 19.6 x 15 cm, on sheet 22 x 16.9 cm., and Mounted with one other print on leaf 24 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published the 27th Febry. 1784 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Bags, and Sneezing
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The contents of the sneezing bag analyzed for the information of the gentlemen of the King's Arm's Committee [graphic]

82. The fall of Phaeton [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 6th January 1784.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 19. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Fox is depicted as Phaeton, falling from a chariot drawn by a lion and a unicorn. In Fox's hand is a scroll marked India Reform Bill. Verses from Gray's Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College are inscribed below title
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate [the] 3d., Two lines of quoted verse below title: "Ambition this shall tempt to rise, then whirl the wretch from high." Gray., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 31.1 x 22.8 cm, on sheet 33.3 x 24.4 cm., Mounted on leaf 19 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):: Phaethon (Greek mythology), Chariots, Lions, Unicorns, and Falling
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The fall of Phaeton [graphic]

83. The first charge, exit in fumo [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14th April 1788.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 43. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A design divided by a vertical line on one side of which is Burke (right) declaiming with raised arms and downcast head; on the other (left) a scene in India illustrating his speech. An Indian, Cheyt Singh, looks over a high stone wall whose parapet is decorated with plants in vases, saying, 'Gadzooker He has taken my Hooker'. On the ground beneath the wall are two hookahs puffing out smoke, and the leg of a seated soldier, his body being cut off by the edge of the design. Burke, facing right, exclaims, 'Guilty of not suffering him to smoke for the space of two Days.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Possibly a reissue; the digit "4" in "14th" in imprint has been etched over a mostly-burnished digit "3"., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 16.3 x 15.4 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 17.2 cm., and Mounted with one other print on leaf 43 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781
Subject (Topic):: Impeachment and Waterpipes (Smoking)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The first charge, exit in fumo [graphic]

84. The impeachment [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1786]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 41. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Burke dressed as a Roman senator, but wearing his own wig, stands, his head turned in profile to the left towards Hastings, whom he is denouncing; his right arm is raised holding up a paper inscribed 'Articles of Impe[achme]nt'. With his left arm he extends his cloak to shelter a seated figure on the right, who covers his face with his hands, and at whose feet lie a noose of rope and an open book, 'Cash Dr' and 'Cash C[r]' with ruled '£ s. d.' columns, the entries on the credit side being erased. Hastings, on the extreme left, is in oriental dress, his face turned aside, his hands held out as if protesting his innocence. In the air, hurled by Burke, are two papers: 'Treaty of Peace with the Mahrattas' and the portrait of an oriental, his hands bound, inscribed 'Cheyt Sing'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Eight lines of verse in two columns below title: Had Hastings been accus'd in Verres' time, and Asia's preservation been his crime ..., 1 print : etching and aquatint on laid paper ; plate mark 30.6 x 22.8 cm, on sheet 32.7 x 24.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 41 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publishd. 17th March 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Subject (Topic):: Impeachment
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The impeachment [graphic]

85. The impeachment [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1788?]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 42. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The managers of the impeachment of Hastings advance (left to right), led by Cornwall the Speaker who, raising his hat, holds out a roll, 'Articles of Impeachment', to Thurlow. Only the point of the Chancellor's hat and his hands, one holding the bag of the Great Seal, are visible on the extreme right. Burke, frowning fiercely, is next Cornwall. Immediately behind him is Francis, his left hand on Burke's shoulder, fixing Thurlow with a baleful glare; under his right arm is a large rolled document inscribed 'Evidence of Accusation'. Next are Fox and Sheridan facing each other, Sheridan in back view. Behind are Sir James Erskine with an imbecile expression (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7151), and John Anstruther (M.P. for Fifeshire boroughs) whose back is turned to Erskine. On the extreme left is Windham facing Andrew St. John. Behind them, seemingly taller than the others, and wearing a hat, is Courtenay."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched at top of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Text below image: And after five days the High Priest descended with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus who informed the Governor against Paul, and when he was called forth Tertullus began to accuse him saying &ca. Acts of the Apostles, Cap. XXIV., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 26.3 x 36.7 cm, on sheet 28 x 40.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 42 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Anstruther, John, Sir, 1753-1811, Windham, William, 1750-1810, and St. John of Bletso, St. Andrew, Baron, 1759-1817
Subject (Topic):: Impeachment
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The impeachment [graphic]

86. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 May 1795]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exit in Fumo', explained as 'The Managers Cauldron'. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents, the origin of the smoke, inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', 'Charge of Extortion', 'Charge of Peculation in Contracts', 'Torture'. These are: 'B Ingredients mix'd up by the Managers to blacken C a character out of their reach'. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. He is: 'D One of the Managers & a principal Performer who having "Out-heroded Herod" retires from the Stage in a Passion at seeing the Farce likely to be damn'd.' Above the bust are two projecting beams, each supported by an angel (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, showing the back of his wig only (cf. BMSat 6796), and saying: "Black upon my Honour". They are: 'K a great Critic in a high Situation, who has paid close Attention. L another great Critic, not quite so good a Judge, giving his Opinion on the other Side'. On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox, wearing a bag-wig, leans forward, looking excitedly and near-sightedly through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the quasi-imbecile profile of Sir James Erskine (see BMSat 7152) looking over his shoulder. On the extreme right are the backs of the heads and shoulders of two Managers who are leaving the box. Below (right) a profile looks gloomily towards the stage. Fox is 'E Another Manager a great Actor very anxious about the fate of the Farce'. The others are 'eee Other Managers very well dress 'd [cf. BMSat 7309] but not very capital performers some of them tired of acting'. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare (as in BMSat 7292, &c.) fixed on the bust. He is: 'F The Prompter, no Character in ye farce but very useful behind the Scenes.' The outside of the box ('G The Managers Box') is traversed by the winding track of a snail, beginning in '1787' and meandering past '1788', '1789', '1790', '1791', '1792', '1793', '1794', the snail's head touching '1795'. A rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795', on which are indicated the arms of Sir Peter Burrell (on all tickets of admission, cf. BMSat 7276). Above the design is a stage curtain with the usual motto, 'Veluti in Speculum'. Below the stage (right) appear, in an oblong aperture fringed with flames ('H. a Court below to which the Managers retire upon quitting the Stage.'), the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork which points directly to the Managers' box. He is 'I Usher of the Mack Rod there'. He says: "By the pricking of my Thumbs, Something wicked, this Way comes." Below the 'Explanation: The Scene lies in an old Hall (formerly a Court of Law).'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 39.1 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 28.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 46 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]

87. The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with rapturous applause at Drury Lane Theatre / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 December 1803]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 83. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A view of the left side of the stage, including part of a stage box on the extreme left. From this leans a figure of Folly wearing a fool's cap with ass's ears, clapping his hands. Within the shadow of the box is the head of a staring owl (cf. British Museum Satires No. 5363). A frieze of dancing dogs (cf. British Museum Satires No. 16715) decorates the lower part of the box; above is a grinning mask flanked by dogs' heads. The capital of the Corinthian pilaster that flanks the stage is formed of dogs' heads. At its foot is a figure of Thalia covering her face with her hands. At the base of her pedestal is an open book: 'The Caravan or the Driver and his Dog a Farce.' This lies on and obscures another: 'The Critic or Tragedy rehearsed'. The front of the stage is filled with a large pool; in this a dog swims, his collar inscribed 'Carlo'; he holds the head of Sheridan above the water by his hair, saying: "------methinks it were an easy Leap" To dive into the bottom of the Deep" And pluck up drowned honour by ye Locks." ['1 Henry IV', I. iii.] Water gushes into the pool from left and right; on the righ from a mound of stone slabs on which is poised a wheeled dog-kennel. By the roof of the kennel are the heads of two enormous and camel-like dogs, muzzled (or bridled), and peering at Carlo; one partly obscures a notice-board on a post in the pool: 'Humane Socie[ty for] recovering drowning persons] It is recommended That Dog Kennels [should be] stationed at all Ho[uses of] public Entertainment for the Benefit of drowning persons.' The scenery is a water-side castle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: New way to keep one's head above water
Description:: Title etched in lower right corner image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text below title: Motto for the farce, And Folly clappd. his hands and Wisdom star'd. Churchill., Temporary local subject terms: Carlo -- Thalia -- Dancing Dog -- Folly -- Drury Lane., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.1 x 31.4 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 32.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 83 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Pubd. 17th Decr. 1803 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Str
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Stages (Platforms), Dogs, Owls, Fools' caps, and Masks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with rapturous applause at Drury Lane Theatre / [graphic]

88. The managers in distress [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [11 April 1788]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 43. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A stone bridge across a river collapses, all its piers having broken. Fox clings to the central piece of masonry which is falling; he says: "D**n the Piers they won't support us". Burke falls head foremost into the water, clutching a roll inscribed 'Impeachment'. Courtenay's head wearing a hat emerges from the water; a pair of legs and hands with a floating bag-wig are identified as Sir James Erskine."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 17 x 18.3 cm, on sheet 18.9 x 20.5 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 43 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 11th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Subject (Topic):: Impeachment and Stone bridges
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The managers in distress [graphic]

89. The mask [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 May 1783]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 15. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Full face mask combined from faces of Charles Fox on the left and Lord North on the right. Fox's dark hair, squinted eye and self-assured smile are countered by North's powdered wig, puzzled frown and straight mouth. Inscribed above, "Fronti nulla fides."
Alternative Title:: Fronti nulla fides
Description:: Title engraved below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., "Although lettered 'H Bretherton', no such person is known, and it must be an error for James or possibly Charles."--British Museum online catalogue., 1 print : stipple engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.7 x 18.9 cm, on sheet 29 x 20.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 15 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 21st May 1783 by H. [sic] Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Masks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The mask [graphic]

90. The mirror of patriotism [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 January 1784]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 23. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles James Fox is depicted from behind, leaning on a table, regarding his reflection in a mirror. The face looking back at him is that of Oliver Cromwell. Fox is waving a document marked "Resolutions" and an issue of the Morning Chronicle is visible on the table
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Numbered in lower left corner: Plate [the] 5th., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.5 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 29.7 x 24.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 23 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published [the] 20th January 1784 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Subject (Topic):: Newspapers and Mirrors
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The mirror of patriotism [graphic]

91. The patriot exalted [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 March 1792]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 53. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Catherine II places in its niche the bust of Fox which is being hauled into position by a rope over a pulley held by a Russian bear, who crouches (right) beside the steps on which the Empress stands. She is in back view, very stout, wearing ermine-trimmed robes with a laurel wreath in place of the usual crown. On each side of the bust is a larger alcove for whole length statues of 'ΔΕΜΟΣΘΕΝΗΣ' and 'M.T. CICERO'. These statues are stepping down from their niches, looking apprehensively at Fox. Their eyes have the blankness of sculpture, but their faces express indignant alarm. Cicero holds a scroll: 'In Cata[linam]'. Fox's head is that of life rather than of sculpture. Above it is an oval picture or bas-relief inscribed 'Regulus'; a number of men are imprisoning a victim in a large cask lined with spikes. Demosthenes (left) steps down from his niche on to one of two large packing-cases inscribed 'Houghton Collection For The Emp[ress of] Russia' and 'Hough . . .' (Catherine having bought pictures from the collection of Sir Robert Walpole). Beside them stands a bust of Paul Jones, wearing a cocked hat and looking up at Fox with a sinister glare. Cicero steps down on to the arm of the Imperial throne, which is formed by the neck of a vulture; the legs of the throne are those of a bird of prey. On its seat lies a scroll inscribed: 'Memorial Ambassador extraordinary Sheweth That your Memorialists are attached to your Majesty and have opposed the Armament, divided against the Minister [ ? leaving him in a] small Majority, rai[led] against the Balance [of] Power, chalked up [on] the Walls in capital [letters] No Russian War.' (The right edge of the document is cut off by the margin of the design, leaving some of the words to be supplied by the reader.) Under the chair lies a dog. The vulture's claw which forms a leg of the throne is planted on a large map across the word 'Oczak[ow]'; 'The Bog', 'The Neister', and 'Black Sea' are also shown. The Russian bear is crouching on this map."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Symbols: Russian bear -- Birds -- Furnishings: Throne with vulture's heads and legs -- Statues -- Busts -- Maps: Russia's expansions westward -- Pictures amplifying subject: Regulus tortured by Carthaginians -- Art collections: allusion to Catherine II's purchase of Sir Robert Walpole's collection., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 38.9 x 27.7 cm, on sheet 40.2 x 28.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 53 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 15th March 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792, Cicero, Marcus Tullius., Regulus, Marcus Atilius, -250 B.C.?, and Demosthenes.
Subject (Topic):: Bears, Vultures, Thrones, Sculpture, Pulleys, and Maps
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The patriot exalted [graphic]

92. The princess's bow alias the Bow Begum [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 May 1788]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 45. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elderly Indian princess, seated on a stool in profile to the left, her hands deprecatingly extended, receives the obeisance of Burke, Fox, and Sheridan. She says, "dear Gentlemen this is too much now you really distress me exceedingly" ... Burke kneels at her feet, head bent down, supporting himself on his left hand; his right hand is on his breast; he frowns, his spectacles are on his forehead. He is between Sheridan and Fox. Fox stands full-face, holding his hat to his breast; his bow is less low. On the right seven bag-wigs are in positions corresponding to those that they would take if on the heads of persons making low bows to the Begum. Below them are three swords whose hilts are decorated with large ribbon bows or favours, also as if worn by invisible persons doing homage to the Begum. Sheridan wears a similar sword. Both wigs and swords are inscribed 'et cætera.' Under the Begum's seat appear the head and arms of Francis as if emerging from the ground; he fixes Burke and the others with a conspiratorial stare, his finger across his lips, saying, "I am at the Bottom of it." Behind and above the Begum's head is a picture of a row of conical mountains ; a mouse issues from a hole in the nearest mountain. The frame is inscribed 'Parturiunt Montes nascetur ridiculus mus'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., "Bow wow wow, fal lal &c. &ca."--Etched below the title., Imperfect; the word "exceedingly" in the Begum's quote has been mostly erased from sheet. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Begum of Oude -- Literary quotations: Horace's Ars poetica -- Pictures that amplify subject., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 22.8 x 28.8 cm, on sheet 24.3 x 30 cm., Mounted on leaf 45 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Imperfect; the word "exceedingly" in the Begum's quote has been erased from sheet.
Publisher:: Publd. 1st May 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Impeachment, Politicians, Bowing, Wigs, and Daggers & swords
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The princess's bow alias the Bow Begum [graphic]

93. The repeal of the Test Act a vision / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 16th Febry. 1790.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 52. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A complicated design: advocates for religious toleration in a church, the pulpit occupied by Priestley, Price, and Lindsey. The central figure is Price, to whom the clerk standing below has passed up in a cleft stick a paper inscribed: 'The Prayers of this Congregation are desired for the Success of the patriot Members of the national Assembly now sitting in France'. Price takes the paper, and, raising his left hand sanctimoniously, says: "And now Let us fervently pray for the Abolition of all unlimited and limit[ed] Monarchy, for the Annihilation of all ecclesiastical Revenues and Endowments, for the Extinction of all Orders of Nobility and all rank and Subordination in civil Society and that Anarchy and Disorder may by our pious Endeavours prevail throughout the Universe - See my Sermon on the Anniversary of the Revolution" (see BMSat 7629, &c). Priestley leans over the left edge of the pulpit, his right arm raised; flames issuing from his mouth expand into four columns of smoke inscribed respectively 'Atheism' (smaller than the others), 'Deism', 'Socinianism', 'Arianism'. This blast strikes an angel carrying a cross; he flies out of a window (left), looking over his shoulder at Priestley with an expression of horror. Through the window is also seen a church steeple, being pulled down by a rope. Seated in a pew below is Fox (left) who looks up at the preacher, smiling; a similar column of smoke issues from his mouth and rises towards Priestley, inscribed 'Hear hear hear'. Lindsey leans over the right side of the pulpit, holding out 'A Table of the Thirty nine Articles' in a frame, this he tears to pieces. The back of the pulpit, above Price's head, is ornamented with an inverted and irradiated triangle containing the letters 'PPL', the initials of the three preachers. Above it is suspended a marquess's coronet with Lord Lansdowne's beehive crest. On the sounding-board are (left) two books: 'Priestley on civil Government' and 'Price on civil Liberty'. Beside them hangs from the roof a striped flag inscribed 'America' (Price's 'Observations on civil liberty . . .' (1776) had encouraged the Declaration of Independence, see BMSat 5644). On the books stands a small demon. Another demon, wearing the steeple-crowned hat of the puritans of the Commonwealth, sits on an open book (right) inscribed 'a Sermon on the Anniversary of the glorious Revolution'. Beneath the pulpit is a pew running across the church from left to right and containing the clerk's desk. In this sits Fox (left); facing him in profile to the left is Dr. Abraham Rees looking through a large magnifying-glass at a large open volume inscribed 'Bacons liber Regis' and 'Cantuar'. On the clerk's desk is a paper: 'Ye are desired to take Notice That a Vestry will be held on Tuesday to take into Consideration some necessary Reforms both in the Church and State'. Behind and between these two is a shadowy head, partly obliterated by the smoke issuing from Fox, identified as Sir Henry Hoghton. Next him is a woman with the closed eyes and upturned face of an enthusiast; she holds out an open book: 'Margt Nicholson her Book' (see BMSat 6973, &c). Seated in profile to the right is Dr. Kippis. Standing beside him is Lord Stanhope, smiling, his head turned in profile to the left. He tears in half a paper inscribed: 'Acts of Parliamt for the Uniformity of Common Prayer, and Service in ye Church and Administration of the Sacraments'. Beneath his elbow is a paper: 'Heads of a Bill for the Abolition of Tithes and other ecclesiastical Endowm[ents]'. In front of the pulpit the central figure is an exciseman standing with his back to the pulpit and looking over his shoulder at Stanhope with a smile. An ink-bottle is attached to his coat, under his arm is a book inscribed 'Excise'. His folded hands rest on the head of a cane, the tip of which is in a chalice which stands at his feet. Under his foot is a paper: 'Order for the Ministration of the holy Communion'. He is gauging a Communion cup, and is evidently Thomas Paine. Next him (right) in back view, kneeling, is a bishop, with enormous lawn sleeves; he is identified by Miss Banks as Edward Law, Bishop of Carlisle, but an open book in front of him is inscribed 'Watson Tracts', suggesting that he is Watson of Llandaff, cf. BMSat 7419. In the foreground on the left a kneeling man is flinging out the contents of an open chest on which are a bishop's escutcheon, and a female figure with a cross and chalice, probably representing religion. He throws out a large book: 'The Book of Common Prayer' to join a book of 'Homilies'. Beside this lie a mitre, a crozier, a chalice, a communion plate with bread at which rats are nibbling, a paper: 'The Communion of Saints, &c.' Looking over the shoulder of this despoiler of the Church is a bearded Jew, his hands raised in admiration, saying, "O vat fine plaat I vil give you de Monies for it Sar." On the right and in profile to the left sits a soldier, with the lank hair and upward gaze of the enthusiast; he holds his sabre by the scabbard. In his right hand is a steeple-crowned hat. Behind him sits a shadowy worshipper, full face, with upturned head and clasped hands. In the foreground on the extreme right a beadle is seated on the floor asleep. His hat is inscribed 'Oliver Condable St James'. Beside him are a dog and an open book: 'Killing no Murder a Sermon for the 30th of January'. Above the back of a pew on the extreme right is part of the back of a wig, identified as that of the Lord Mayor. A large mace is beside it, and a pillar surmounted by the Royal Arms: the lion is headless and in place of the crown is a puritan's steeple-crowned hat. Through a doorway inscribed 'Sanctum Sanctor[um]' is a three quarter length portrait in an oval frame of Oliver Cromwell. From a gallery in the upper right corner of the design, a ruffianly looking man leans over with a clenched fist, saying, "No Test no Bishops". In his left hand is a paper: 'The Rights of the Protestant Dissenters vindicated a Sermon by Jos Priestley.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Later state, with end of imprint statement re-etched to include publisher's street address. Cf. No. 7628 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Eleven lines of verse below image in two columns, one on either side of title: From such implacable tormentors, fanatics, hypocrites, dissenters ..., Temporary local subject terms: Religious dissenters -- Reference to America -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Magnifying glasses -- Religious reforms -- Excisemen -- Jews -- American flag -- Reference to Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 -- Acts: Repeal of the Test and Corporation Act, March 2, 1790., and Mounted on leaf 52 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Rees, Abraham, 1743-1825, Hoghton, Henry, Sir, 1728-1795, Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Watson, Richard, 1737-1816, and Nicholson, Margaret, approximately 1750-1828
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Architecture, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The repeal of the Test Act a vision / [graphic]

94. The rise of the stocks [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [29 May 1786]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 34. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A bearded Jew (left) points out to Fox and North the high price of stocks; he holds out to North (right) a paper inscribed '3 Per Cents Consol done at 75 for ye next opening'. North holds out his hands in dismay. Fox stands between and behind them, looking gloomily at North. The Jew stands behind a counter on which hangs a paper, 'India Stock 162 Bank Stock 241 India Bonds 50 [ ? or 59] Prem. Navy & Victualg Bills Per Cent Discount Exchequer Bills Prem Per Cent Scrip'. At North's feet lies a paper headed 'Mr Sheridans Speech upon Mr Pitts Plan of Finance'. The background is the wall of a room with arched recesses or alcoves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., The Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 28.8 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 30.3 x 21.7 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 34 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 29th May 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Jews and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The rise of the stocks [graphic]

95. The saviour of his grateful country [art original].

Published / Created:: [approximately 1817]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Laid in. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of a tall sign, with a post similar to that of a street lamp, displaying a rectangular portrait of a man surrounded by ornamentation. The man, possibly a politician, is shown bust-length in profile to the left; he has a long nose that curls upward and wears a wig that likewise curls upwards in the back. The words "The saviour of his grateful country" are written on the sign directly beneath the portrait, indicating that the sign might in fact be a monument. To the right of the sign is a low milestone on which is written "To Kingston I mile, to London X miles".
Description:: Title written in image., Possibly drawn by James Sayers; the drawing is laid in a volume of prints that Sayers assembled., Approximate date of production from watermark: G. Pike 1817., and Attached to a lithograph with a metal pin that pierces the lower left corners of both sheets; laid in James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Subject (Topic):: Monuments & memorials, Traffic signs & signals, Milestones, and Portraits
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The saviour of his grateful country [art original].

96. The shadow of opposition "stat nominis umbra" / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [31 March 1788]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 44. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A design divided into two portions by a vertical line and a slanting line which diverges to the right from the vertical line forming with it an obtuse angle. On the left of this division are the Speaker and three members of the House of Commons; on the right the Chancellor and three peers. Only a small part of the Speaker and his chair are visible on the extreme left. Fox stands facing him, his right hand extended, his left on his hip, a scroll inscribed 'Consuetudo et Lex Parliamenti' issues from his mouth. Burke stands with his back to Fox, scowling with folded arms; his scroll is inscribed 'Tropes Figures and a long Speech'. Sheridan stands in back view, facing Burke and bending forward, his scroll is 'Speech all Point'. The figures on the right have similar attitudes to those on the left, only the extreme left of the Chancellor and Woolsack being visible. Loughborough, in back view, wearing a judge's wig and gown, says "Lex Parliamenti"; Stormont says "Long Speech". Lord Derby, turning to the right in a mincing attitude, says, "Point de tout"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Each patriots speech another speech affords, the C----ns have their echo in the L---ds; thus Opposition proves the assertion true, that even shadows have their shadows too., 1 print : etching and aquatint on laid paper ; plate mark 19.8 x 16.2 cm, on sheet 21.9 x 17.9 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 44 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 31st March 1788 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Impeachment, Politicians, and Shadows
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The shadow of opposition "stat nominis umbra" / [graphic]

97. The triumph of gas lights [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: April 1810.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 89. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A street-lamp containing three gas-jets stands like a light-house on a rough stone mound between the sea (right) and a hill; these are lit by rays from the lamp which irradiate a dark sky and impinge upon a waning moon with a profile inset in a dark circle, and a dusky sun whose irradiated face looks out from clouds."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:: Title from text in image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text below title: Extract from Moore's Almanack for the year 1811., Six lines of quoted verse at bottom of plate: "And it shall come to pass, that Mr. Winsor's Patent Gas, will very soon eclipse the Moon, and when that's done put out the Sun.", For a variant state with publisher's street address and day of publication present in imprint statement, see no. 11606 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Mounted on leaf 89 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1803.
Publisher:: Publd. by R. Spencer
Subject (Topic):: Gas street lamps
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The triumph of gas lights [graphic]

98. The weather cock of St. Stephen's vide Bewilderforce's rhapsodies on peace &ca. / [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [14 April 1795]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 66. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Wilberforce, as a weathercock, stands with his right foot poised on a pinnacle at the point of intersection of the four points of the compass. He leans forward in profile to the right, both arms stretched out towards a bird which grasps a scroll resting on clouds: 'Peace and Fraternity with France'. The bird is half-dove, and holds an olive branch in its mouth, but the left leg is that of a bird of prey, and in its talons a dagger is clasped, while the left wing is fantastically webbed. Two papers issue from Wilberforce's coat-pocket: 'Charge agt Kimber' and 'Abolition of the Slave Trade'. From his back rises a vertical spike supporting the hat of a Roundhead, its brim inscribed 'Fanaticism, Puritanism'. On its crown sits a raven, shrieking at Wilberforce the word 'Kimber'. Below (right) is the dome of a minaret terminating in the head of Fox, directing a blast of 'Republicanism' against Wilberforce which has blown him into his present position."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Second of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "2" etched in upper left corner, see no. 8637 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: Motion for peace with France, 27 May 1795 -- Bills: Abolition of slave trade -- Allusion to Puritans -- Daggers -- Symbols: Dove as a symbol of peace -- Kimber, John, fl. 1795., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.5 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 33.6 x 25.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 66 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 14th April 1795 by H. Humphry [sic], New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):: Weather vanes, Doves, Crows, Domes, and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The weather cock of St. Stephen's vide Bewilderforce's rhapsodies on peace &ca. / [graphic]

99. Thoughts on a regicide peace [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14 Octor. 1796.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 78. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Burke lies back asleep, but scowling, in profile to the left, his arms folded in an arm-chair whose seat is inscribed 'Otium cum Dignit[ate]'. The top of his head is on fire, and the smoke rising from it forms the base of the upper and larger part of the design. Immediately above his head: 'This royal Throne of Kings, this sceptred Isle This Earth of Majesty, this seat of Mars This fortress built by Nature for herself Against Infection and the hand of War This Nurse, this teeming Womb of royal Kings This England that was wont to conquer others Will make a shameful Conquest of itself Shakespeare'. The British lion stands as if supported on these lines; from his angry mouth issue the words: "I protest against Peace with a Regicide Directory Went: Fitzw." Their background is a rectangular altar, wreathed with oak leaves which forms a centre to the upper part of the design. It supports a scroll: 'Naval \ Victories \ East India \ Conquests \ &ca &ca.' Against its base is a scroll headed 'Basle' and signed 'Wyckham', the intermediate (illegible) text being scored through. Above the altar flies a dove, an olive-branch in its mouth, clutching a sealed 'Passport'. Behind and above the lion Britannia stands in back view, her discarded spear and shield beside her; she plays a fiddle, intent on a large music score: 'A new Opera \ Il Trattato \ di Pace \ Overture \ Rule Britan[nia scored through and replaced by] \ Ca Ira \ God save ye King [scored through and replaced by] The Marsellois Hymn.' The apex of the design is an Austrian grenadier, his cap decorated with the Habsburg eagle, playing a flute with melancholy fervour: 'To Arms to Arms my valiant Grenadiers.' On the left of the altar and facing Britannia and the lion stands a sansculotte, standing on a large map, one foot planted on 'Britain', the other on '[I]reland'. In his right hand is a pike bearing the head of Louis XVI (see British Museum Satires No. 8297, &c), in his left a large key labelled 'Belgium' and attached by a chain to his belt, in which is a dagger; his coat-pocket is inscribed 'Forced Loan'. He says: "I will retain what I have got and treat with you on fair Terms for what you have got". Behind him and on the extreme left stands a creature symbolizing the Dutch Republic, linked to the sansculotte by a chain round its spinal cord. It has the head of a frog wearing a bonnet-rouge, thin, spidery arms akimbo, the ribs, &c. of a skeleton (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8848), baggy breeches, and shrunken legs. It smokes a pipe with an expression of resigned despair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Two lines of text following title: Frontispiece to a pamphlet which will never be [four words scored through but conspicuously legible] published. "He shall never accuse me of being the author of a peace with regicide." Vide Mr. Burke's letter to a noble lord., Temporary local subject terms: Regicide peace -- Reference to Malmesbury's peace mission, 1796 -- Military: Austrian grenadier -- Dutchmen -- Reference to the French occupation of the Dutch Republic -- British Lion -- Furniture: Armchairs -- Dreams -- Music: c̦a ira -- La marseillaise -- Literature: Quote from W. Shakespeare's King Richard II, ii.1., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 37.7 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 39.9 x 28.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 78 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Sansculottes, Dreaming, Musical instruments, Lions, Doves, Altars, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Thoughts on a regicide peace [graphic]