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55. John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.03.17.07+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 64. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 46 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, France, and England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Janus (Roman deity), Politics and government, Foreign relations, Altars, Guillotines (Punishment), Skeletons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
56. Robespierre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The head of Fox, looking to the left and frowning. Fox, often traduced as a would-be dictator, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c, is compared with Robespierre."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with "No. 1" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8450 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition., and Mounted on page 91 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
- Subject (Topic):
- Republicanism
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Robespierre [graphic]
57. Robespierre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 72. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The head of Fox, looking to the left and frowning. Fox, often traduced as a would-be dictator, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c, is compared with Robespierre."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "No. 1" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition., Perhaps a later impression from a worn plate; plate number is lightly printed and barely visible., and Mounted on verso of leaf 72 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
- Subject (Topic):
- Republicanism
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Robespierre [graphic]
58. Robespierre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.05.12.35
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The head of Fox, looking to the left and frowning. Fox, often traduced as a would-be dictator, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c, is compared with Robespierre."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with "No. 1" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8450 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition., and Mounted to 37 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
- Subject (Topic):
- Republicanism
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Robespierre [graphic]
59. [Bonnet-rouge] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 72. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The cap alone, intended to be fitted to the heads described under British Museum Satires Nos. 8450-7. This cap could be placed on the heads of any of the persons in the series so as to turn them into a French Republican."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from British Museum online catalogue., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,67.238., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printed in red and issued with a set of eight satirical portraits. See description for no. 8449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Mounted with one other print on leaf 72 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey
- Subject (Topic):
- Republicanism and Liberty cap
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Bonnet-rouge] [graphic].