"The Prince of Wales is seated in a magnificent dining-hall before a bare table. The Duke of Leinster (right) offers him across the table a dish of 'Potatoes from Leinster'; the Prince extends his arms to take them, but turns his head to look at the forbidding Thurlow, dressed as a doctor, who stands (left) on his right. Thurlow points authoritatively to the potatoes with the head of his cane, saying, "Take back the Irish Potatoes". The Prince says with a peevish expression: "If I must not have the roast Beef [the English Regency] let me have ye Potatoes Doctor I have paid for them". On the extreme right, behind Leinster, Sheridan, with a melancholy expression, tries to take a dish containing a sirloin from a beefeater, who says, "This belongs to my Master Sir." In the foreground (left) Weltje (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7509), dressed as a cook, stands looking at the Prince, his hands clasped in dismay, saying, "By Got now we sail not heb our Desert". Two colonnades of pillars recede in perspective behind the Prince; on the plinth of one is a relief of Tantalus vainly trying to drink from the vessel at his lips. In the foreground (centre) are two dogs coupled together, one is Burke, in spectacles, looking hungrily at the bare table, the other is Fox, turning his back on the table and straining away from Burke. The Prince's chair is surmounted by his coronet and feathers. On a chain round Leinster's neck hangs a crowned Irish harp attached to the order of St. Patrick with its significant motto, 'Quis separa[bit].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & the Irish -- Mythology: Tantalus -- Literature: allusion to Cervantes, Don Quixote -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 30.1 x 34 cm, on sheet 32 x 36.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 51 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th March 1789 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"The Prince of Wales is seated in a magnificent dining-hall before a bare table. The Duke of Leinster (right) offers him across the table a dish of 'Potatoes from Leinster'; the Prince extends his arms to take them, but turns his head to look at the forbidding Thurlow, dressed as a doctor, who stands (left) on his right. Thurlow points authoritatively to the potatoes with the head of his cane, saying, "Take back the Irish Potatoes". The Prince says with a peevish expression: "If I must not have the roast Beef [the English Regency] let me have ye Potatoes Doctor I have paid for them". On the extreme right, behind Leinster, Sheridan, with a melancholy expression, tries to take a dish containing a sirloin from a beefeater, who says, "This belongs to my Master Sir." In the foreground (left) Weltje (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7509), dressed as a cook, stands looking at the Prince, his hands clasped in dismay, saying, "By Got now we sail not heb our Desert". Two colonnades of pillars recede in perspective behind the Prince; on the plinth of one is a relief of Tantalus vainly trying to drink from the vessel at his lips. In the foreground (centre) are two dogs coupled together, one is Burke, in spectacles, looking hungrily at the bare table, the other is Fox, turning his back on the table and straining away from Burke. The Prince's chair is surmounted by his coronet and feathers. On a chain round Leinster's neck hangs a crowned Irish harp attached to the order of St. Patrick with its significant motto, 'Quis separa[bit].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & the Irish -- Mythology: Tantalus -- Literature: allusion to Cervantes, Don Quixote -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis
Publisher:
Publd. 11th March 1789 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d., and Mounted on page 33 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 30.1 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 32.1 x 24.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d.
Publisher:
Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
"A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., and Mounted on page 41.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
"A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., 1 print : etching with drypoint and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 34.3 x 28.5 cm, on sheet 36.7 x 29.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 26 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
"A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., and Mounted to 47 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
"Between Fox and Surrey, Powys, the second violin, is seated on the ground, looking with an agonized expression (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6413) towards Fox, the first violin. From Fox's pocket hangs a paper: 'Irish Propositions set to music for the White Boys'. Burke is farther to the left, blowing his trumpet with a deeper scowl. Lord Derby has been displaced from his central position for Lord Sandwich, seated in an arm-chair, holding a roll inscribed 'Catches & Glees' with which he beats time, turning to the right where Stormont blows the French horn as before. Farther to the right Lord Carlisle, in profile to the left, plays the clarinet (or hautboys). Derby, standing between Burke and Sandwich, plays the pipe and tabor. Eden plays the Irish harp as before and in the same position, but at his feet is a squalling cat, watched contemptuously by a large dog whose collar is inscribed 'watch'. Another dog howls with its fore-paws on the open music-book inscribed 'Ballanamonioro'. On the extreme left, in 'profil perdu' to the left, Portland is seated at the harpsichord; his music is also '[B]allanamonioro'. In the foreground (left) is a fox, its collar inscribed 'Fox', standing on a kettledrum, its cloth decorated with the Cavendish arms and motto, 'Cavendo tutus', and snarling at an overturned side-drum decorated with the royal arms; this indicates Fox's attitude to the Crown and the support given to him by the Duchess of Devonshire. Other books of music, a cittern, &c, lie in the foreground. On a chimney-piece, behind Portland, is a bust, laurel-wreathed with a blank face, inscribed 'oντiς'; against it lean a lyre and a smiling mask. Two manuscripts hang down from the chimney-piece: 'Critique on the Rolliad' and 'Probationary Odes for the Laureateship'. These emblems signify the anonymity of the two famous political satires which went into several editions in 1785 after appearing in the 'Morning Herald'. On the back wall, above the heads of the performers, are (left to right) marrow-bones and cleavers, reminiscent of the bands of butchers who had supported Fox in the Westminster Election. Next is a framed picture: Fox beating a tambourine, North playing a clarinet to which dance performing dogs and a hare. In the centre is an oval bust portrait of the Prince of Wales, the frame inscribed 'Auspicium melioris Ævi' (see British Museum Satires No. 6771). The third depicts Fox leading a performing bear, while a man, resembling a bearded Jew, plays a hurdy-gurdy. On the extreme right a legal wig is hung above a set of bagpipes; it is inscribed 'New Wig' [Whig] with the letters 'C.P'; on the bag are the letters 'PC', on one of the pipes '1745'. They represent Loughborough, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and his self-seeking changes of party."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 45.
Publisher:
Published [the] 7th June 1785 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Concerts, and Musical instruments