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10. Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 December 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.12.15.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 76. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Nicholls stands directed to the left, almost in profile; his left eye is closed, but he gazes through a pair of double glasses held in his right hand, his face wrinkled in a sour grimace. Rays of light stream outward from the glasses. He wears a round hat with up-curved brim, half-boots, and holds a long cane in his left hand. Beneath the design: '"get thee glass Eyes And like a scurvy Politician, seem To see the things thou dost not" - Shakespeare'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Frontispiece to citizen John Nicholls's parliamentary and unparliamentary letters, speeches and visions
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of plate., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Looking glasses -- Male dress, 1797 -- Literature: Quote from Shakespeare's King Lear, IV.5., and Mounted to 47 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 15th Decr. 1797 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to citizn. Jno. Nicholls's parliamentary & unparliamenty. letters, speeches and visions [graphic]
11. More babes in the wood!! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Nov. 1797.
- Call Number:
- 797.11.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Fox and Sheridan sit with their feet in the stocks, each smoking a short pipe. Fox directs a fierce glare at Pitt, who stands (right) in profile to the (left), correct and impassive, holding a tall constable's staff. Pitt is grotesquely thin; he wears a large round hat over his bag-wig, and a long old-fashioned coat with wide cuffs
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Watermark: J Whatman 1794.
- Publisher:
- Pubd by W. Holland, 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Stocks (Punishment), Law enforcement officers, Politicians, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > More babes in the wood!! [graphic].
12. The Towns-end [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 December 1804]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 3. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Townsend, the Bow Street Officer, stands in profile to the right, left hand on a tall stick, pointing with right forefinger. He is neatly dressed, with broad-brimmed top-hat, long coat over a long waistcoat, and short loose trousers, with high-quartered tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Townsend
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 3 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808., and Figure identified as "Mr. Townsend" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Townsend, John, 1760-1832
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Towns-end [graphic]
13. [Earl of Effingham] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 7. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of Effingham standing in profile to the right, wearing a sword and carrying two staffs of office
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Probable a later issue, with the number "10" not visible in upper left of plate. Cf. No. 6061 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 7 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and 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 Effingham.
- Publisher:
- Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Effingham, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1747-1791
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Politicians, Daggers & swords, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Earl of Effingham] [graphic]
14. [Sir Charles Turner] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 5. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of Sir Charles Turner of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, in profile to the left. He bends forward, holding his hat in an extended right hand, with his left hand in a muff and a walking stick under his left arm
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "XX" in upper left corner., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 5 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and 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: Sir Charles Turner.
- Publisher:
- Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Turner, Charles, Sir, 1727?-1783
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Politicians, Public speaking, Muffs, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Charles Turner] [graphic]