[Earl Nugent] [graphic]

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Title: [Earl Nugent] [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 May 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
Abstract: "Portrait of Robert Craggs Nugent ... Irish peer and M.P. for St Mawes. He stands, bending forward from the waist, his head in profile to the left, his right hand extended, his hat in his left hand as if speaking in the House of Commons ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Plate numbered "8" in upper left corner.
1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.3 cm.
Mounted with three other prints on leaf 3 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Lord Nugent.
Provenance: Bequeathed by James Sayers to his sister and later given to Lord Eldon. Purchased from Christie's sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts, lot 305, 19 June 2012, with Lord Eldon's notebook (now LWL Mss Vol. 202).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.8 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 24 x 17 cm
Edition: [State with number "8" in upper left of plate].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Drypoints England 1782
Etchings England 1782
Material: etching and drypoint ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Ireland.
England
Subject (Name): Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788
Subject (Topic): Politicians
Public speaking
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > Ireland
Public speaking
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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