A collection of James Sayers' prints, mostly political satires and caricatures, mounted on blue paper and assembled by an unknown collector; topics include, in addition to general political topics of the late 18th century, the Warren Hastings trial, the East India Company, and the French Revolution. Mostly black ink, with one in brown and one in blue. Prints were published by C. Bretherton, Ja. Bretherton, Thomas Cornell, and H. Humphrey
Description:
Title from spine., Bound in three quarter red morocco with spine title: Sayer's caricatures., and Accompanied by a typed list of titles bound in, with page numbers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Political satire, English, Politics and government, and History
"From the opposite ends of a horizontal balance hang (left) a triangle from which are suspended the corpses of thirteen sailors, and (right) the body of a military officer in uniform (Governor Wall); all have bandaged eyes. The balance hangs in front of a stone building, in the centre of which is an open door showing men seated at a council table, a messenger stands in the doorway giving a dispatch box marked 'GR' to another messenger, saying, "Deliver this Immediatly He must Die." The pilastered doorway is inscribed: 'Justitiae Soror Fides'; above it are kneeling statues of Truth and Justice; between them they support an inscribed tablet: 'It is determined that British Justice shall never be Stained by Partiality, while the poor & ignorant suffer for their Folly the Rich shall also suffer for their Brutality and Infamy.' On the wall are two placards: (left) 'An Account of the Mutiny', and (right) 'A Full True and Particular Account of the Trial of ... For the Murder of ...' This is headed by a print of a man being tied to a cannon and flogged, while an officer looks on and soldiers stand at attention."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top.
Publisher:
Pud. March 3d 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802.
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Mutiny), Mutiny, Courtrooms, Hangings (Executions), Justice, Military officers, British, and Sailors
Under an arch, St. Anthony in profile looking left, in prayer with a rosary between his hands and a small crucifix on the table before him. In the left distance a niche with a bowl
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date based on creation date of Walpole's album in which this was mounted., and Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly mounted on leaf 1 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356.
