"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.
"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., and Mounted on page 94 with one other print.
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.
"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., Perhaps a later impression from a worn plate; end of imprint statement and plate number are lightly printed and barely visible., and Mounted to 37 x 33 cm.
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.
"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.
"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., and Mounted on page 94 with one other print.
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.
"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., and Mounted to 37 x 32 cm.
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.
"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.
"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., and Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Oppositions: Members of the Opposition.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Francis, Philip, 1740-1818 and Philippeaux, Pierre, 1754-1794.
"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
