A collection of James Sayers' prints, mostly political satires and caricatures, mounted on blue paper and assembled by an unknown collector; topics include, in addition to general political topics of the late 18th century, the Warren Hastings trial, the East India Company, and the French Revolution. Mostly black ink, with one in brown and one in blue. Prints were published by C. Bretherton, Ja. Bretherton, Thomas Cornell, and H. Humphrey
Description:
Title from spine., Bound in three quarter red morocco with spine title: Sayer's caricatures., and Accompanied by a typed list of titles bound in, with page numbers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Political satire, English, Politics and government, and History
Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, shown with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil holds a chamber pot being used by De Grasse. Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of the subjects are given in a key below design
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 3d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de, 1724-1802, and Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811
Subject (Topic):
Admirals, French, British, Military uniforms, Chamber pots, Snuff, and Defecation
"A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution. The audience are in a semicircle facing the lecturer's table, which is covered with apparatus. The lecturer, probably not Garnett but Thomas Young who succeeded him as Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Institute in July 1801, and who delivered thirty lectures there between January and May 1802, is experimenting on Sir J. C. Hippisley (left). Holding him by the nose, he applies to his mouth a tube from a series of retorts in which a gas has been made. The result is a violent explosion of flame and smoke from the victim's breeches. Next Young stands Humphry Davy, assistant lecturer to the Institute since July 1801. Holding a pair of bellows with vapour and gas spouting from its nozzle, he watches the experiment with a sardonic smile. Facing the table from the right, Count Rumford (see British Museum Satires No. 9565) stands a little apart from the audience, looking on with a complacent and proprietary smile; he wears an order. On the extreme right the audience are Isaac D 'Israeli, wearing spectacles over half-closed eyes, Lord Gower, watching impassively, and Lord Stanhope, looking intently through an eyeglass. Beside him on the padded green bench is an open book: 'Hints on the nature of Air requir'd for the new French Diving Boat.' (Fulton's submarine was tried in Brest harbour in 1801, and a small vessel was blown up by a torpedo; Stanhope's experiments with steam navigation had been unsucces-ful, cf. British Museum Satires No. 8640.) Two unidentified ladies watch open-eyed. Immediately in front of Stanhope sits Lord Pomfret, enormously stout, his eyes almost shut. These watch from the right. Facing the lecturer sit (right to left) Sir H. Englefield, holding note-book and pencil, and a thin and elderly lady turned in profile, taking notes earnestly, but not watching the experiment. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Experimental lecture on the powers of air
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Scientific lectures., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 256 x 354 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Young, Thomas, 1773-1829, Hippisley, John Cox, 1748-1825, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814, Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752-1822, Sotheby, William, 1757-1833, Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1768-1830, Denys, Peter, 1760-1816, and Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Nitrous oxide, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Flatulence, Interiors, Lecture halls, Public speaking, Scientific equipment, and Bellows
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 140., and Temporary local subject terms: Scots -- Riots: St. George's Fields, 10 May 1768 -- Military uniforms: Foot Guards -- Cauldrons -- Buildings: Pagoda at Kew -- Furniture: garden bench -- Emblems: cap of liberty.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
761.06.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse below image: The genius of the S[cotc]h is mutiny, they scarcely want a guide to move their madnes [sic] ... (Dryden)., Temporary local subject terms: Scottish influence -- Keys of the back stairs -- Allusion to Scotch collops -- Swords: broadsword -- Scottish costume: Highland -- Allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745 -- Allusion to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., 1 print on laid paper : etching ; sheet 19 x 31 cm., mounted to 24 x 34 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 8th January 1745-6.
Call Number:
746.01.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption above image., Six stanzas of verse in three columns below image: To Edinburgh Charley came, and set the Scottish nymphs on flame ..., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: curtained bed -- Stools -- Furnishings: carpets -- Portraits -- Lighting: hanging lamp -- Scots -- Orders: star and ribbon of the Order of the Garter -- Allusion to papacy -- Reference to the Duke of Cumberland -- Hats: plumed hats., and Mounted to 25 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788
Title from item., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: Tools: grinding stone -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute)., and Mounted to 27 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
"Highlanders in tartan kneeling on the left before the Duke of Cumberland and two officers on horseback, with a standing guard directing their submission; soldiers in a cloud of smoke and a castle in the background to left; after Wale; in an architectural frame headed by a trophy composed of a crown, laurel wreath, and weapons."--British Museum online catalogue and "The plate illustrates an article contrasting the present Duke of Cumberland, who is attacked for his affair with Lady Grosvenor (see British Museum Satires nos. 4440, 4441, 4844), and the previous holder of the title. Scotland and the Scots are also attacked."--British Museum online catalogue, Curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Rebellion crushed MDCCXLV
Description:
Title etched above and within image., Date inferred from that of the periodical in which the plate was published., Plate from: The Oxford magazine; or, Universal museum ..., v. 6, page 70 (February 1771)., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790,, and Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828.
Subject (Topic):
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746. Henry Frederick, Scotland, Adultery, Scottish regiments, Soldiers, and Military officers
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 'Price six pence'--Lower left corner of plate., Twelve lines of verse in two columns below title: Old I----y [i.e., Johnny] to show a most elegant tast [sic] in improveing his gardens purloind from the Wast ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Hounslow Heath -- Kingston -- Trades: Scotch gardener -- Gardens -- Domestic service: black servant -- Whitton -- Literature: Scotch Taste in Vistas by James Bramston, 1694?-1744.