- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exit in Fumo', explained as 'The Managers Cauldron'. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents, the origin of the smoke, inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', 'Charge of Extortion', 'Charge of Peculation in Contracts', 'Torture'. These are: 'B Ingredients mix'd up by the Managers to blacken C a character out of their reach'. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. He is: 'D One of the Managers & a principal Performer who having "Out-heroded Herod" retires from the Stage in a Passion at seeing the Farce likely to be damn'd.' Above the bust are two projecting beams, each supported by an angel (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, showing the back of his wig only (cf. BMSat 6796), and saying: "Black upon my Honour". They are: 'K a great Critic in a high Situation, who has paid close Attention. L another great Critic, not quite so good a Judge, giving his Opinion on the other Side'. On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox, wearing a bag-wig, leans forward, looking excitedly and near-sightedly through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the quasi-imbecile profile of Sir James Erskine (see BMSat 7152) looking over his shoulder. On the extreme right are the backs of the heads and shoulders of two Managers who are leaving the box. Below (right) a profile looks gloomily towards the stage. Fox is 'E Another Manager a great Actor very anxious about the fate of the Farce'. The others are 'eee Other Managers very well dress 'd [cf. BMSat 7309] but not very capital performers some of them tired of acting'. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare (as in BMSat 7292, &c.) fixed on the bust. He is: 'F The Prompter, no Character in ye farce but very useful behind the Scenes.' The outside of the box ('G The Managers Box') is traversed by the winding track of a snail, beginning in '1787' and meandering past '1788', '1789', '1790', '1791', '1792', '1793', '1794', the snail's head touching '1795'. A rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795', on which are indicated the arms of Sir Peter Burrell (on all tickets of admission, cf. BMSat 7276). Above the design is a stage curtain with the usual motto, 'Veluti in Speculum'. Below the stage (right) appear, in an oblong aperture fringed with flames ('H. a Court below to which the Managers retire upon quitting the Stage.'), the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork which points directly to the Managers' box. He is 'I Usher of the Mack Rod there'. He says: "By the pricking of my Thumbs, Something wicked, this Way comes." Below the 'Explanation: The Scene lies in an old Hall (formerly a Court of Law).'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 39.1 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 28.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 46 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exit in Fumo', explained as 'The Managers Cauldron'. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents, the origin of the smoke, inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', 'Charge of Extortion', 'Charge of Peculation in Contracts', 'Torture'. These are: 'B Ingredients mix'd up by the Managers to blacken C a character out of their reach'. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. He is: 'D One of the Managers & a principal Performer who having "Out-heroded Herod" retires from the Stage in a Passion at seeing the Farce likely to be damn'd.' Above the bust are two projecting beams, each supported by an angel (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, showing the back of his wig only (cf. BMSat 6796), and saying: "Black upon my Honour". They are: 'K a great Critic in a high Situation, who has paid close Attention. L another great Critic, not quite so good a Judge, giving his Opinion on the other Side'. On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox, wearing a bag-wig, leans forward, looking excitedly and near-sightedly through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the quasi-imbecile profile of Sir James Erskine (see BMSat 7152) looking over his shoulder. On the extreme right are the backs of the heads and shoulders of two Managers who are leaving the box. Below (right) a profile looks gloomily towards the stage. Fox is 'E Another Manager a great Actor very anxious about the fate of the Farce'. The others are 'eee Other Managers very well dress 'd [cf. BMSat 7309] but not very capital performers some of them tired of acting'. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare (as in BMSat 7292, &c.) fixed on the bust. He is: 'F The Prompter, no Character in ye farce but very useful behind the Scenes.' The outside of the box ('G The Managers Box') is traversed by the winding track of a snail, beginning in '1787' and meandering past '1788', '1789', '1790', '1791', '1792', '1793', '1794', the snail's head touching '1795'. A rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795', on which are indicated the arms of Sir Peter Burrell (on all tickets of admission, cf. BMSat 7276). Above the design is a stage curtain with the usual motto, 'Veluti in Speculum'. Below the stage (right) appear, in an oblong aperture fringed with flames ('H. a Court below to which the Managers retire upon quitting the Stage.'), the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork which points directly to the Managers' box. He is 'I Usher of the Mack Rod there'. He says: "By the pricking of my Thumbs, Something wicked, this Way comes." Below the 'Explanation: The Scene lies in an old Hall (formerly a Court of Law).'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 63.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 April 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 66. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Wilberforce, as a weathercock, stands with his right foot poised on a pinnacle at the point of intersection of the four points of the compass. He leans forward in profile to the right, both arms stretched out towards a bird which grasps a scroll resting on clouds: 'Peace and Fraternity with France'. The bird is half-dove, and holds an olive branch in its mouth, but the left leg is that of a bird of prey, and in its talons a dagger is clasped, while the left wing is fantastically webbed. Two papers issue from Wilberforce's coat-pocket: 'Charge agt Kimber' and 'Abolition of the Slave Trade'. From his back rises a vertical spike supporting the hat of a Roundhead, its brim inscribed 'Fanaticism, Puritanism'. On its crown sits a raven, shrieking at Wilberforce the word 'Kimber'. Below (right) is the dome of a minaret terminating in the head of Fox, directing a blast of 'Republicanism' against Wilberforce which has blown him into his present position."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Second of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "2" etched in upper left corner, see no. 8637 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- House of Commons: Motion for peace with France, 27 May 1795 -- Bills: Abolition of slave trade -- Allusion to Puritans -- Daggers -- Symbols: Dove as a symbol of peace -- Kimber, John, fl. 1795., and Mounted on page 85 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 14th April 1795 by H. Humphry [sic], New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Weather vanes, Doves, Crows, Domes, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The weather cock of St. Stephen's vide Bewilderforce's rhapsodies on peace &ca. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 April 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 66. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Wilberforce, as a weathercock, stands with his right foot poised on a pinnacle at the point of intersection of the four points of the compass. He leans forward in profile to the right, both arms stretched out towards a bird which grasps a scroll resting on clouds: 'Peace and Fraternity with France'. The bird is half-dove, and holds an olive branch in its mouth, but the left leg is that of a bird of prey, and in its talons a dagger is clasped, while the left wing is fantastically webbed. Two papers issue from Wilberforce's coat-pocket: 'Charge agt Kimber' and 'Abolition of the Slave Trade'. From his back rises a vertical spike supporting the hat of a Roundhead, its brim inscribed 'Fanaticism, Puritanism'. On its crown sits a raven, shrieking at Wilberforce the word 'Kimber'. Below (right) is the dome of a minaret terminating in the head of Fox, directing a blast of 'Republicanism' against Wilberforce which has blown him into his present position."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Second of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "2" etched in upper left corner, see no. 8637 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- House of Commons: Motion for peace with France, 27 May 1795 -- Bills: Abolition of slave trade -- Allusion to Puritans -- Daggers -- Symbols: Dove as a symbol of peace -- Kimber, John, fl. 1795., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.5 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 33.6 x 25.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 66 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 14th April 1795 by H. Humphry [sic], New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Weather vanes, Doves, Crows, Domes, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The weather cock of St. Stephen's vide Bewilderforce's rhapsodies on peace &ca. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 April 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 66. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Wilberforce, as a weathercock, stands with his right foot poised on a pinnacle at the point of intersection of the four points of the compass. He leans forward in profile to the right, both arms stretched out towards a bird which grasps a scroll resting on clouds: 'Peace and Fraternity with France'. The bird is half-dove, and holds an olive branch in its mouth, but the left leg is that of a bird of prey, and in its talons a dagger is clasped, while the left wing is fantastically webbed. Two papers issue from Wilberforce's coat-pocket: 'Charge agt Kimber' and 'Abolition of the Slave Trade'. From his back rises a vertical spike supporting the hat of a Roundhead, its brim inscribed 'Fanaticism, Puritanism'. On its crown sits a raven, shrieking at Wilberforce the word 'Kimber'. Below (right) is the dome of a minaret terminating in the head of Fox, directing a blast of 'Republicanism' against Wilberforce which has blown him into his present position."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Second of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "2" etched in upper left corner, see no. 8637 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- House of Commons: Motion for peace with France, 27 May 1795 -- Bills: Abolition of slave trade -- Allusion to Puritans -- Daggers -- Symbols: Dove as a symbol of peace -- Kimber, John, fl. 1795., and Mounted on page 85 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 14th April 1795 by H. Humphry [sic], New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Weather vanes, Doves, Crows, Domes, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The weather cock of St. Stephen's vide Bewilderforce's rhapsodies on peace &ca. / [graphic]