- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 63. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Stanhope, striding forward in profile to the left, approaches an altar to 'French Principles', while with his left foot and left hand he overturns a bishop seated behind him on a bench. On the summit of a quasi-cylindrical altar is the seated figure of a female monster with webbed wings, snaky hair, and pendent breasts, a firebrand in the right hand, a dagger in the left. Behind her stands a foppish Frenchman with a simian head, dressed as a soldier, one foot resting on a large skull. In his right hand is a headsman's axe, in his left he holds out to Stanhope a hangman's noose. Stanhope places on the altar a paper inscribed in large letters: 'Philosophy Atheism Rapine Murder'. The altar itself is decorated with a headsman's axe and block, the word 'Liberté' in a wreath, and shackles. At its foot lie a cross and an overturned chalice. The bishop's head is turned in back view; he topples backwards as Stanhope kicks his bench; he represents the bench of bishops ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Citizen Don Quixote becomes the champion of French principles
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the word "Don" is scored through but conspicuously legible., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 83 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Great Britain, and France
- Subject (Name):
- Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Altars, Demons, Executioners, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Citizen Don Quixotte becomes the champion of French principles [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 63. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Stanhope, striding forward in profile to the left, approaches an altar to 'French Principles', while with his left foot and left hand he overturns a bishop seated behind him on a bench. On the summit of a quasi-cylindrical altar is the seated figure of a female monster with webbed wings, snaky hair, and pendent breasts, a firebrand in the right hand, a dagger in the left. Behind her stands a foppish Frenchman with a simian head, dressed as a soldier, one foot resting on a large skull. In his right hand is a headsman's axe, in his left he holds out to Stanhope a hangman's noose. Stanhope places on the altar a paper inscribed in large letters: 'Philosophy Atheism Rapine Murder'. The altar itself is decorated with a headsman's axe and block, the word 'Liberté' in a wreath, and shackles. At its foot lie a cross and an overturned chalice. The bishop's head is turned in back view; he topples backwards as Stanhope kicks his bench; he represents the bench of bishops ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Citizen Don Quixote becomes the champion of French principles
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the word "Don" is scored through but conspicuously legible., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 31.5 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 34.4 x 26.4 cm., Mounted on leaf 63 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1805.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Great Britain, and France
- Subject (Name):
- Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Altars, Demons, Executioners, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Citizen Don Quixotte becomes the champion of French principles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.03.17.04+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 63. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Stanhope, striding forward in profile to the left, approaches an altar to 'French Principles', while with his left foot and left hand he overturns a bishop seated behind him on a bench. On the summit of a quasi-cylindrical altar is the seated figure of a female monster with webbed wings, snaky hair, and pendent breasts, a firebrand in the right hand, a dagger in the left. Behind her stands a foppish Frenchman with a simian head, dressed as a soldier, one foot resting on a large skull. In his right hand is a headsman's axe, in his left he holds out to Stanhope a hangman's noose. Stanhope places on the altar a paper inscribed in large letters: 'Philosophy Atheism Rapine Murder'. The altar itself is decorated with a headsman's axe and block, the word 'Liberté' in a wreath, and shackles. At its foot lie a cross and an overturned chalice. The bishop's head is turned in back view; he topples backwards as Stanhope kicks his bench; he represents the bench of bishops ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Citizen Don Quixote becomes the champion of French principles
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the word "Don" is scored through but conspicuously legible., 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 45 x 35 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Great Britain, and France
- Subject (Name):
- Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Altars, Demons, Executioners, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Citizen Don Quixotte becomes the champion of French principles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents Sa274 no. 1+ Box 200
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 63. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Stanhope, striding forward in profile to the left, approaches an altar to 'French Principles', while with his left foot and left hand he overturns a bishop seated behind him on a bench. On the summit of a quasi-cylindrical altar is the seated figure of a female monster with webbed wings, snaky hair, and pendent breasts, a firebrand in the right hand, a dagger in the left. Behind her stands a foppish Frenchman with a simian head, dressed as a soldier, one foot resting on a large skull. In his right hand is a headsman's axe, in his left he holds out to Stanhope a hangman's noose. Stanhope places on the altar a paper inscribed in large letters: 'Philosophy Atheism Rapine Murder'. The altar itself is decorated with a headsman's axe and block, the word 'Liberté' in a wreath, and shackles. At its foot lie a cross and an overturned chalice. The bishop's head is turned in back view; he topples backwards as Stanhope kicks his bench; he represents the bench of bishops ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Citizen Don Quixote becomes the champion of French principles
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the word "Don" is scored through but conspicuously legible., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., and 1 print : etching, on wove paper ; plate mark 312 x 241 mm, on sheet 46 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Great Britain, and France
- Subject (Name):
- Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Altars, Demons, Executioners, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Citizen Don Quixotte becomes the champion of French principles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 12th May 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., and Mounted on page 74.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 12th May 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 37.2 x 26.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 12th May 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.05.12.02+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]