Full length portrait of Rockingham standing in profile to the left, wearing bag wig and sword
Description:
Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Variant state, without plate number "XVI" in upper left. Cf. No. 6069 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., 1 print : etching with 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 8 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: The Marquis of Rockingham.
Publisher:
Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
Full length portrait of Rockingham standing in profile to the left, wearing bag wig and sword
Description:
Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Variant state, without plate number "XVI" in upper left. Cf. No. 6069 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted on page 13 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
Lord North, with an expression of anxious anticipation, applies white paint to Charles Fox's left cheek while Fox, his face inscrutable, descends the last step to the floor of the House of Commons taking North's left hand. A dog looks up at North. The inscription below the design reads, "--Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro, Translated for the Country Gentlemen, "I have found him a warm Friend a fair though formidable Adversary."
Alternative Title:
Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image. and Printmaker identified as James Sayers in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1783 by Edwd. Hedges, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Lord North, with an expression of anxious anticipation, applies white paint to Charles Fox's left cheek while Fox, his face inscrutable, descends the last step to the floor of the House of Commons taking North's left hand. A dog looks up at North. The inscription below the design reads, "--Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro, Translated for the Country Gentlemen, "I have found him a warm Friend a fair though formidable Adversary."
Alternative Title:
Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image., Printmaker identified as James Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with drypoint and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 27.5 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 29.9 x 22.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 14 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1783 by Edwd. Hedges, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Lord North, with an expression of anxious anticipation, applies white paint to Charles Fox's left cheek while Fox, his face inscrutable, descends the last step to the floor of the House of Commons taking North's left hand. A dog looks up at North. The inscription below the design reads, "--Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro, Translated for the Country Gentlemen, "I have found him a warm Friend a fair though formidable Adversary."
Alternative Title:
Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image., Printmaker identified as James Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 23 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1783 by Edwd. Hedges, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
