"Sydney, Pitt's Secretary of State for the Home Department, stands in profile to the left, his hat held out in his right hand, his left on his sword."--British Museum catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.2 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 10 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 Sidney.
"Sydney, Pitt's Secretary of State for the Home Department, stands in profile to the left, his hat held out in his right hand, his left on his sword."--British Museum catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 17 with three other prints.
"Sydney, Pitt's Secretary of State for the Home Department, stands in profile to the left, his hat held out in his right hand, his left on his sword."--British Museum catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Numbered '28' in contemporary hand in the upper right corner.
"Stormont stands, right hand on hip, left thrust in his waistcoat, wearing the ribbon of the Thistle and a sword."--British Museum catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 13 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 10 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 Stormont ; Lord Grantley ; Lord Sidney ; Mr. Francis.
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 13 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 9 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: Admiral Keppell.
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Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 15 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Numbered '29' in contemporary hand in the upper right corner.
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Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
"Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), M.P. for Oxford, eldest son of the Earl of Hertford, stands looking slightly over his left shoulder, his head in profile to the left, holding a document in his right hand, his left hand on his hip."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 13 cm., 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 Beauchamp.
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Published 14th July 1784 by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquis of, 1743-1822,
"Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), M.P. for Oxford, eldest son of the Earl of Hertford, stands looking slightly over his left shoulder, his head in profile to the left, holding a document in his right hand, his left hand on his hip."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 11 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published 14th July 1784 by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquis of, 1743-1822,
"Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), M.P. for Oxford, eldest son of the Earl of Hertford, stands looking slightly over his left shoulder, his head in profile to the left, holding a document in his right hand, his left hand on his hip."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Numbered '30' in contemporary hand in the upper right corner.
Publisher:
Published 14th July 1784 by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquis of, 1743-1822,
Title devised by cataloger., With another untitled print on same sheet; The reverse side [of a monument in Berkeley Church]. [London], [1784?]., and Bound in a volume of prints [English cathedrals and monuments]; leaf numbered '5' in mss. Label on front cover: Prints. For further information consult library staff.
"Powys, M.P. for Northamptonshire, stands in profile to the left bending forward, both hands extended. The very melancholoy expression in this and other prints is consistent with this practice of prefacing his speeches 'on occasions of great interest, by a copious dicharge of tears which he seemed to command at will', Wraxall, Memoirs, 1884, iii. 280."--British Museum catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.3 cm., 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: Mr. Powis.
"Powys, M.P. for Northamptonshire, stands in profile to the left bending forward, both hands extended. The very melancholoy expression in this and other prints is consistent with this practice of prefacing his speeches 'on occasions of great interest, by a copious dicharge of tears which he seemed to command at will', Wraxall, Memoirs, 1884, iii. 280."--British Museum catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 7 with three other prints.
"Powys, M.P. for Northamptonshire, stands in profile to the left bending forward, both hands extended. The very melancholoy expression in this and other prints is consistent with this practice of prefacing his speeches 'on occasions of great interest, by a copious dicharge of tears which he seemed to command at will', Wraxall, Memoirs, 1884, iii. 280."--British Museum catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Numbered '31' in contemporary hand in the upper right corner.
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, three-quarter length, standing to right in front of a large rock, holding a baton in his right hand, the left on the shoulder of his grandson."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
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Title from later state of the plate., Early state without title. For a later state with title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1853,0112.1640., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark and printmaker's signature mostly erased from sheet. Missing text inferred from that on a later state of the plate in the British Museum., Possibly engraved after the watercolor drawing by Vertue that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 112 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
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Pub. by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646,, Howard, Philip Thomas, 1629-1694,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue, Temporary local subject terms: Toppling buildings -- Staff of Liberty -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Allusion to many politicians of the day -- Allusion to Gustavus III, King of Sweden., Watermark: fleur-de-lis with initials G R below., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
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Publish'd as the act directs July 1, by J. Wjsen [sic] Walbrooke
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Columns, Liberty cap, Rats, Emblems, Shields, and Thrones
An elegantly dressed young woman is seated in an armchair facing right reading a letter. The room is richly carpeted and furnished, with striped upholstery on the furniture and matching draperies. Through the window is visible a winter scene with ice skaters
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Title from manuscript inscription on mount. and Date from Montgomery.
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Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Ice skating, Reading, Rugs, Draperies, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
On a raised platform, the Devil sits on top of 3 casks, one labelled "small beer". He straddles a huge key, from which are suspended, as on a gallows, 2 gentlemen, the one on the right bearing some resemblance to George III. On the left 2 maids or washerwomen wave mop and broom at the hanged man (possibly Pitt?), saying "You tax maid servants no more". On the right Samuel House, standing before his tavern, offers a tankard to Jeffrey Dunstan, who is voicing his support of Charles James Fox. The Devil is uttering the words of the title
Alternative Title:
Key of the back stairs and the small beer etc
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Title derived from text in image. and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797. and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Keys (Hardware), Taverns (Inns), Women domestics, Hangings, and Clothing & dress