Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 4 (1769), p. 321., and Temporary local subject terms: Maps: Great Britain and dominions -- Alliances -- Elections: reference to Middlesex elections, 1769 -- Riots: reference to the riots at St. George's Fields, 1768 -- Reference to Boston riots, June 1768 -- Reference to the Duke of Grafton's divorce.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796, and Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781
Full length portrait of Grafton standing in profile to left and wearing a sword
Description:
Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Variant state, without plate number "9" in upper left corner and with added roulette work. Cf. No. 6060 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Imprint etched over but visible., 1 print : etching and drypoint with roulette on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.2 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: Duke of Grafton.
Publisher:
Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Full length portrait of Grafton standing in profile to left and wearing a sword
Description:
Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Variant state, without plate number "9" in upper left corner and with added roulette work. Cf. No. 6060 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Imprint etched over but visible., and Printing date of ca. 1806 conjectured from another print (Earl Nugent) in series on similar paper and with dated watermark. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 782.05.14.01.3 Impression 1.
Publisher:
Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Full length portrait of Grafton standing in profile to left and wearing a sword
Description:
Title from variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Variant state, without plate number "9" in upper left corner and with added roulette work. Cf. No. 6060 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Imprint etched over but visible., and Mounted on page 13 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
