- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 64. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., 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, Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, France, and England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Janus (Roman deity), Politics and government, Foreign relations, Altars, Guillotines (Punishment), Skeletons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [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 64. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., 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 32.9 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 35.7 x 27.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 64 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, France, and England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Janus (Roman deity), Politics and government, Foreign relations, Altars, Guillotines (Punishment), Skeletons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.03.17.07+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 64. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., 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 46 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, France, and England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Janus (Roman deity), Politics and government, Foreign relations, Altars, Guillotines (Punishment), Skeletons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 8. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of William Petty, Earl of Shelburne facing three-quarters left and wearing a sword
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "11" in upper left corner., 1 print : etching and dypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.2 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 8 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 Shelburne.
- Publisher:
- Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Earl of Shelburne] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.14.04.2
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 8. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of William Petty, Earl of Shelburne facing three-quarters left and wearing a sword
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "11" in upper left corner., and Ms. identification of subject in two contemporary hands, one on recto below plate line, the other on verso in upper left corner.
- Publisher:
- Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Earl of Shelburne] [graphic]