Frontispiece [graphic] / JS [monogram] f.

Creator:

Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker.

Edition:

[State without plate number].

Copyright Date:

14th April 1795.

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.3 x 24 cm, on sheet 40 x 33 cm

Notes:

First of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 ..."; see British Museum catalogue.
For a variant state with plate number "1" etched in upper left corner, see no. 8636 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Peace with France.
Title etched at bottom of image.

Abstract:

"The artist (left), a partly draped figure with small horns among his loosely curling hair, points with both hands to a picture on an easel (right), turning his head towards the spectator. In front of him (left) is a table on which are his painting-materials: a sheaf of brushes in a pot, palette, charcoal-holder. On a large canvas a man with the head of a wolf stands wearing a sheepskin with the head on his head and shoulders. In his right hand is a firebrand, the left supports the long staff of a flag inscribed 'Watch Word Peace'. Above it hovers a dove with an olive branch. At his feet stands a snarling wolf, also in sheep's clothing. A mastiff standing beside the artist barks at the (painted) wolf. Against the easel rests a large volume: 'Outlines \ of the \ Opposition \ in 1795 \ collected from the Works \ of the most capital Jacobin Artists \ " They speak Peace to their \ Neighbours, but Mischief is in their hearts, they devise deceiful \ Things against them that are quiet \ in the Land " Psalms'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state.

Variant Titles:

Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 collected from the works of the most capital Jacobin artists

Topics:

Artists' materials.
Books.
Dogs.

Topics:

Great Britain--Politics and government--1789-1820.

Topics:

Eldon, John Scott,--Earl of,--1751-1838--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Sayers, James,--1748-1823--Ownership.
Wilberforce, William,--1759-1833--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1795.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1795.
Watermarks (Paper)--1805.--CtY-LW

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:

8039197

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr33044

OID:

16819372

PID:

digcoll:4776583