A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic] / JS [monogram] f.
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [12 January 1789]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24 x 27 cm, on sheet 27 x 34 cm
- Notes:
- Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- Misfire at the Constitution
- Topics:
- Crowns.
Horses.
National emblems--British.
National emblems--Hanoverian.
Regency--Great Britain.
Rifles.
Scepters.
Slogans. - Topics:
- Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
Eldon, John Scott,--Earl of,--1751-1838--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830.
Sayers, James,--1748-1823--Ownership.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1789.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1789. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Orbis Record:
- 7716449
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr33022
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7483
- OID:
- 16819350
- PID:
- digcoll:4776564
