A whisper 'cross the Channel [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A whisper 'cross the Channel [graphic]
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Cornell, Thomas, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1785, that it, not before 1801]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
- Abstract
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"Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embrace across a narrow piece of water inscribed 'St George's Channel'. The bishop resembles, and is probably copied from, the figure in British Museum Satires No. 6654, &c. His right hand holds up a burning brand, his left is on Fox's shoulder. Fox's profile is hidden behind that of the bishop; in his outstretched left hand is a burning brand held horizontally above burning buildings which are sketched on the right of the design (in Ireland). Behind Fox is a building resembling St. Paul's, above which are heavy clouds. In the channel are ships."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Publication date from watermark.
Reprinted from the original plate in 1801 or after.
Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & the Irish -- Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Church buildings -- Burning city buildings -- Lighting: burning brands.
Watermark: (countermark) E & P, 1801. - 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 24.9 x 20 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 785.08.01.01.2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Aquatints England London 1801
Etchings England London 1801 - Material
- etching and aquatint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
Ireland - Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England), - Subject (Topic)
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Politics and government
Clergy
Bishops
Ships
Fires
Torches - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803 > Caricatures and cartoons
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Ireland > Politics and government > 1760-1820
Clergy
Bishops
Ships
Fires
Torches
England > 1785
England > London > 1801
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7696601
- Object ID (OID)
- 15950085
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