[Folio album of 144 caricatures] [graphic].
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15815272
Description
- Title
- [Folio album of 144 caricatures] [graphic].
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker, collector
- Contributor
- Rockcliffe, Thomas, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [between 1782 and 1810]
- Publication Place
- London
- Abstract
-
A folio album of 144 caricatures mounted on 87 sheets, mostly etchings, with some aquatints and other satirical prints, some hand-colored, and one pen-and-ink drawing laid in.
- Description
-
Title devised by cataloger.
Laid in, a wood engraving: Principal characters, in the new play of the road to royalty! [London] : Printed and published by T. Rockliffe, 65 Ratcliff Highway, [1829].
Laid in, an etching: Rats in the barn, or, Iohn Bull's famous old dog Billy astonishing the varment / [figure of Paul Pry] Esqr. [London] : Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [1829].
Laid in, an etching: Funeral of the constitution. [London] : Pubd. March 1809 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [1809].
Laid in, a lithograph: View of the Houses of Lords and Commons : destroyed by fire on the 16th Octr. 1834. [London] : Pub. by W. Soffe, 380 Strand, [ca. 1834].
Laid in, a pen and ink drawing on watermark paper G. Pike, 1817: The savior of this grateful country : to Kingston 1 mile to London x miles. [England], [ca. 1817].
Note on front pastedown: This book contains the caricatures published by Sayers during his life. This was his own copy and was presented to me after his death. [Signed] Eldon.
With Lord Eldon's bookplate.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Bequeathed by James Sayers to his sister and later given to Lord Eldon. Purchased from Christie's sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts, lot 305, 19 June 2012, with Lord Eldon's notebook (now LWL Mss Vol. 202).
- Extent
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144 prints in 1 album : binding height 48 cm
1 print : sheet 36.4 x 25.3 cm
1 drawing : sheet 31.7 x 19.8 cm - Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures England 18th century
Caricatures England 19th century
Satires (Visual works) England 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 19th century
Etchings England London 18th century
Etchings England London 19th century
Lithographs England London 19th century
Wood engravings England London 1829
Ink drawings British 19th century
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Albums (books) - Material
- etchings with drypoint and stipple ;, lithograph ;, pen and ink ;, and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic)
- Politics and government
- Subjects
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Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 18th century
England > 19th century
England > London > 18th century
England > London > 19th century
England > London > 1829
British > 19th century
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Bookplate
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ms. notes
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10839373
- Object ID (OID)
- 15815272
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