[Colonel Boden] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Colonel Boden] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Colonel Bodens
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [4 June 1782]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 4 June 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Abstract
-
Full length portrait of a portly Bodens facing left, wearing tricorne hat, and with his hand in the pocket of a long coat
A caricature portrait of George Bodens (or Boden or Bowden), who was renowned for his large size; commissioned in 1762, he was also a protector of Mrs. Mahon. See British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 19.6 x 13.3 cm.
Mounted with one other print on leaf 11 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: Colonel Bodens. - 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 11.3 cm, on sheet 23 x 16 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Leaf 11. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1782 and 1810]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1782 - Material
- etching with drypoint ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Bodens, George
- Subject (Topic)
- Clothing & dress
- Subjects
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Bodens, George > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > London > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership
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
- Catalog Record
- 6786254
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819294
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