Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker[15 December 1797]eng"Nicholls stands directed to the left, almost in profile; his left eye is closed, but he gazes through a pair of double glasses held in his right hand, his face wrinkled in a sour grimace. Rays of light stream outward from the glasses. He wears a round hat with up-curved brim, half-boots, and holds a long cane in his left hand. Beneath the design: '"get thee glass Eyes And like a scurvy Politician, seem To see the things thou dost not" - Shakespeare'."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched at bottom of plate.Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Looking glasses -- Male dress, 1797 -- Literature: Quote from Shakespeare's King Lear, IV.5.Mounted to 47 x 31 cm.