Camille des Moulins anglice Joe Miller orateur vif & sans culotte / [graphic]

Description

Title: Camille des Moulins anglice Joe Miller orateur vif & 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: H. Humphrey
Abstract: "The head and shoulders of Courtenay, leaning forward to the right. He wears a cocked hat with a cockade."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description: Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Publisher and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue.
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 "5" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8454 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 -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition.
Watermark: 1804.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.4 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 25 x 19 cm
Edition: [State without 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): Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
Desmoulins, Camille, 1760-1794.
Subject (Topic): Republicanism
Subjects: Courtenay, John, 1738-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Desmoulins, Camille, 1760-1794
Republicanism
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.