Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

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Title: Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
Published / Created: [17 March 1785]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Abstract: "A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c.
Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1.
Mounted to 47 x 34 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35 x 29.3 cm, on sheet 46 x 34 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching with drypoint and stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
Hatsell, John, 1743-1820
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic): Interiors
Politicians
Public speaking
Benches
Staffs (Sticks)
Subjects: Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hatsell, John, 1743-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Interiors
Politicians > Great Britain
Public speaking
Benches
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1785
England > London > 1785
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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