Brissot citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]

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Title: Brissot citoyen actif & sans culotte / [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 May 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Abstract: "A bust portrait of Lauderdale, the head turned in profile to the right, with a fixed, smiling stare, both arms raised as if in violent gesticulation. .... For Lauderdale and Brissot see British Museum Satires No. 8439."--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 "4" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: members of the opposition.
Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.5 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 25 x 22 cm
Edition: [State with plate number].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Soft-ground etchings England London 1794
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: soft-ground etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. 1754-1793. (Jacques-Pierre),
Subjects: Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

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