Full length portrait of Gascoyne wearing a hat and buttoned coat, his hands in the pockets
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.3 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 3 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. Bamber Gascoigne.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
1st March 1782.
Call Number:
782.03.01.02.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly doctor wearing a wig rides a wretched-looking horse. The rider looks fierce; pulling on the reins, he looks ready to use his whip to slash the sorry horse
Alternative Title:
Doctor Dawdle in a hurry
Description:
Title from later state., Title written in pencil beneath image., Early state, before title engraved below image. For the later state bearing title, see no. 6142 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., Printed on a single sheet with: Symptoms of running away / Js. Bretherton f. Dated January 9, 1782., Collector's stamp: letter 'E' in lower left corner, on verso., and Watermark: countermark I V.
"Portrait of Robert Craggs Nugent ... Irish peer and M.P. for St Mawes. He stands, bending forward from the waist, his head in profile to the left, his right hand extended, his hat in his left hand as if speaking in the House of Commons ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "8" in upper left corner., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.3 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 3 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: Lord Nugent.
Publisher:
Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland. and England
Subject (Name):
Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
"Portrait of Robert Craggs Nugent ... Irish peer and M.P. for St Mawes. He stands, bending forward from the waist, his head in profile to the left, his right hand extended, his hat in his left hand as if speaking in the House of Commons ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "8" in upper left corner., and Mounted on page 3 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland. and England
Subject (Name):
Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
"Portrait of Robert Craggs Nugent ... Irish peer and M.P. for St Mawes. He stands, bending forward from the waist, his head in profile to the left, his right hand extended, his hat in his left hand as if speaking in the House of Commons ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Plate numbered "8" in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland. and England
Subject (Name):
Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
Full length caricature of Edmund Burke, facing left making a speech. In his upraised right hand is a paper alluding to his Bill for Economical Reform
Alternative Title:
For rhetoric he could not ope his mouth but out there flew a trope
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.3 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 2 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. Burke.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
Full length caricature of Edmund Burke, facing left making a speech. In his upraised right hand is a paper alluding to his Bill for Economical Reform
Alternative Title:
For rhetoric he could not ope his mouth but out there flew a trope
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 1 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress