[Earl of Sandwich] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Earl of Sandwich] [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: 3d July 1782.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by C. Bretherton
Abstract: Full length portrait of the Earl of Sandwich standing facing right, wearing a sword, his left hand held inside his waistcoat, the right in the pocket
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.4 cm.
Mounted with three other prints on leaf 9 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 Sandwich.
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 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 24 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1782
Watermarks (Paper)
Annotations (Provenance)
Material: etching with drypoint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
England.
Subject (Name): Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Politicians
Subjects: Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Politicians > England
England > London > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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