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[Lord Amherst.]
[Lord Amherst.] 7.
JS. [James Sayers.]
Published 6 April 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), wearing his uniform and his ribbon of the Bath. Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French, 1758-60, during the Seven Years War, leading to the conquest of Canada.
BM Satires 6053.
[Ref: 60069]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Colonel Barré.]
[Colonel Barré.] 18.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on margins.
Portrait of Isaac Barré (1726-1802), shown holding his hat in his right hand, his left thrust into his waistcoat. Barré was an Irish soldier and MP who earned distinction during the Seven Years War and supported William Pitt during his time in Parliament.
BM Satires 6066.
[Ref: 60064]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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[Isaac Barré.]
[Isaac Barré.]
JS[ayers] ff.
Published 17th June 1782 by C Bretherton [but a later impression?].
Etching on wove paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". A decent impression, with good margins. Faint staining to right side of plate.
Caricature of Isaac Barré (1726 - 1802), full face, standing, his hat in his right hand, his left hand thrust into his waistcoat. Politician and soldier, Barré was born in Dublin to French parents. He entered the army and fought alongside General Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec in 1759. Entering Parliament in 1761, he gained a fearsome reputation as a scourge of corruption and a champion of the American colonies. His phrase 'Sons of Liberty' became a Patriot slogan during the American War of Independence, 1775-82. He shared John Wilkes's royal enmity and mastery of radical invective; the town of Wilkes-Barré, Pennsylvania, founded 1769, commemorates their friendship. Barré was the subject of Sayers's second important political satire. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. Numbered 'XII' faintly upper left. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6066. See BM 6028. NPG D9620.
[Ref: 21358]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Earl Bathurst.]
[Earl Bathurst.] 19.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins, repaired tear going into image.
Caricature of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714 - 1794). His hands are thrust into his waistcoat; he wears a tie-wig and sword. He has an almost imbecile expression. Known as the Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, Bathurst was Lord Chancellor from 1771 to 1778.
BM Satires 6070. NPG D9622.
[Ref: 60081]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Earl Bathurst.]
[Earl Bathurst.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching on thick laid paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Uncut with large margins.
Caricature of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714 - 1794). His hands are thrust into his waistcoat; he wears a tie-wig and sword. He has an almost imbecile expression. Known as the Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, Bathurst was Lord Chancellor from 1771 to 1778. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. Numbered 'XVII' upper left. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6070. NPG D9622.
[Ref: 21354]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Colonel Boden.]
[Colonel Boden.] 39.
JS [James Sayers.]
Published 4.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Colonel George Boden, wearing his tricorne hat and with his hand in the pocket of a long coat. He was renowned for his large size.
BM Satires 6064.
[Ref: 60078]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Geo Bodens [in pencil.]
Geo Bodens [in pencil.] Col [in ink.]
JS[ayers]
Published 4 June 1792. by G. Bretherton.
Etching. Plate 178 x 115mm. 7 x 4½". Crease. Ink title cut.
Colonel George Boden (fl.1780) commissioned in 1762 and a member of Boodle's, he was described as "the fattest, best-tempered and most popular man in London".
BM Satires 6064.
[Ref: 14462]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Boring a Secret of St-e a hasty sketch of Yesterdays Business.
Boring a Secret of St-e a hasty sketch of Yesterdays Business.
JS f.
7th July 1785.
Etching. Plate 151 x 236mm (6 x 9¼"), with very large margins
The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Lord Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (Loughborough), whose head is in back-view, is boring into the transverse section of the log. The point of the auger is the smiling head of Lord Stormont, in profile facing downwards, the top of his wig being the point of contact. Two small stumps of branches are inscribed 'Ist Proposition' and '2d Proposition'. Corkscrew image.
BM Satires 6796.
[Ref: 52267]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[General Burgoyne.]
[General Burgoyne.] 23.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of John Burgoyne (1722-1792), holding out a paper in his right hand as if making a speech and wearing his general's uniform. Burgoyne was a politician and playwright, notable for his service in the Seven Years War and American Revolutionary War. The surrender of his army in 1777 at Saragota was a turning point in the war.
BM Satires 6068.
[Ref: 60072]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lord John Cavendish.]
[Lord John Cavendish.]
JS[ayers] ff.
Published 3d July 1782 by C.Bretherton [but a later impression?].
Etching on wove paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Vertical crease, most evident to verso. A decent impression overall, with good margins.
Caricature of Whig politician Lord John Cavendish (1732 - 1796), in profile to the right, holding his hat in his left hand as if making a speech in the House of Commons. He holds a document in his right hand. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6075.
[Ref: 21350]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lord John Cavendish.]
[Lord John Cavendish.]
JS[ayers] ff.
Published 3d July 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), on thick laid paper, with wide, uncut margins.
Caricature of Whig politician Lord John Cavendish (1732 - 1796), in profile to the right, holding his hat in his left hand as if making a speech in the House of Commons. He holds a document in his right hand. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6075. NPG D9675.
[Ref: 21349]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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The Comet
The Comet A Return of the Comet which appeared in 1761² is expected this Year and - to be within our horizon from the Month of Oct. 1788 to Aug.t 1789 but is expected to be most visible (if it forces itself upon our notice) in the Winter months Febr.y & March...
18.th Feby 1789 Pub by Tho.s Cornell. Braton Street.
Etching with aquatint. 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½"), with wide margins. Slight creasing & staining.
A comet traverses the design diagonally downwards. At its head the Prince Wales is a star. Following in its tail are Fox and Portland. After them comes the wig in back view of Lord Loughborough. Then comes Stormont and North. They are followed by the Duke of Queensberry holding up a quizzing-glass and Powys. Behind them are Lord Lothian, Burkeand the Duke of Norfolk. Between Norfolk and Queensberry is the 'profil perdu' of Derby. They are followed by Lord Sandwich, Bishop Watson of Llandaff, and Sir Grey Cooper. Next are Wilson, Bishop of Bristol, and Warren, Bishop of Bangor, while in the upper left corner Sawbridge.
BM 6796
[Ref: 54530]   £650.00  
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[Viscount Beauchamp.]
[Viscount Beauchamp.] 31.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th July by Ja.s Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Small nick and tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Francis Seymour Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford (1743 - 1822), M.P. for Orford, eldest son of the Earl of Hertford. He stands looking slightly over his left shoulder, his head in profile to the left, holding a document in his right hand, his left hand in his hip pocket. He was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Beauchamp.
BM Satires 6643. NPG D9798.
[Ref: 60074]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Order, Order, pray Order. [Charles Wolfran Cornwall.]
Order, Order, pray Order. [Charles Wolfran Cornwall.] 27.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th July 1784 by Ja.s Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature of Charles Wolfran Cornwall (1735 - 1789), Speaker of the House of Commons from 1780-89, in his Speaker's wig and robes. His chair and a raised dais are indicated behind him. He looks to the right, holding out his hat in his left hand. Beneath his feet are the words 'Order, Order, pray Order'.
BM Satires 6064. NPG D9691.
[Ref: 60071]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Speaker; Charles Wolfran Cornwall.]
[The Speaker; Charles Wolfran Cornwall.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published 14th July 1784 by Jas Bretherton.
Etching on thick laid paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". One rust spot, to upper part of wide margin.
Caricature of Charles Wolfran Cornwall (1735 - 1789), Speaker of the House of Commons from 1780-89, in his Speaker's wig and robes. His chair and a raised dais are indicated behind him. He looks to the right, holding out his hat in his left hand. Beneath his feet are the words 'Order, Order, pray Order'. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press.
BM Satires 6064. NPG D9691.
[Ref: 21303]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir James Erskine.]
[Sir James Erskine.] 36.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published by James Bretherton 31.st March 1788.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (1762-1837), resting both hands on the table of the House of Commons. Erskine was a Scottish soldier, politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of King George IV.
BM Satires 7293
[Ref: 59982]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Elizabeth Farren & Robert Bensley.] [A Scene in the Fair Circassian a woeful Tragedy written by Mr. Pratt.
[Elizabeth Farren & Robert Bensley.] [A Scene in the Fair Circassian a woeful Tragedy written by Mr. Pratt. So Bensley stared with all his might / E'en till his Eyeball started / So Farren flew to meet his sight / But she had laced herself so tight / Her Top and Bottom parted.]
JS [James Sayers].
[n.d., c.1782.]
Scarce etching, 18th century watermark. 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼"), with large margins. Title of later state added in pencil.
Elizabeth Farren as Almeida and Robert Bensley as Omar in Samuel Jackson Pratt's 'The Fair Circassian', first performed in 1781. Almeida's torso is not connected to her petticoats; Omar holds a chain attached to his wrist and a disembodied eye just in front of his face (in shock). The British Museum has an impression with the title 'A Puff Off' in an inscription area under the image, which it believes was never published (BM Satires 6359). This state has the inscription area excised but does not have the etched text in the sky of the later state (BM 6359a), here reproduced in pencil, but lacking 'moving' of 'A Moving Scene...'. The Metropolitan Museum has an impression of this state with the inscriptions of the first state added in old ink, including 'Published March 16th 1782 by C. Bretherton' (17.3.888-337).
State between BM 6359 & 6359a)
[Ref: 60764]   £450.00  
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[Duke of Grafton.]
[Duke of Grafton.] 13.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th May 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811). Grafton became Prime Minister in 1768, and led an unstable Government for two years from 1768 to 1770, and a prominent figure in the period of the American Revolutionary War.
BM Satires 6060.
[Ref: 60001]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Bamber Gascoyne.]
[Bamber Gascoyne.] 5.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 6.th April 1782 C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Bamber Gascoyne (1727-1791), depicted as a stout, plainly dressed man wearing a hat and a buttoned-up coat. Gascoyne was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons of between 1761 and 1786.
BM Satires 6056.
[Ref: 59980]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[George IV] To be seen at Mr S_n's Menagerie the wonderful, learned Han-r Colt, who writes a letter blindfolded.
[George IV] To be seen at Mr S_n's Menagerie the wonderful, learned Han-r Colt, who writes a letter blindfolded. NB He is in training for sev.l other useful Purposes, Also a very curious Monkey, who can read & write a little, & imitates the human Voice, Also several very extraordinary Rats from Holland Buckinghamshire Wilton Poole and other Places.
JS [James Sayers].
Pub 27th Jany 1789 by Thos. Cornell.
Etching. 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼") very large margins.
The Prince of Wales depicted as a blinkered horse, writing a letter guided by Sheridan. Lord Derby is caricatured as an ape squatting on the table. To the left is Louis Weltje, George's cook, saying 'By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak'. A satire of the Regency Crisis, when Pitt attempted to limit the Regent's powers. Here it is suggested that George's response was drafted by Burke and Loughborough and touched up by Sheridan.
BM Satires 7493.
[Ref: 61004]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Charles Howard]
[Charles Howard] 10.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th May 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins. Crease top right.
Caricature portrait of Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815), holding a stick in his right hand, with his hat under his left arm and his left hand in his breeches pocket. Active in Whig politics, Howard spent a considerable amount of his money rebuilding and refurbishing Arundel Castle after inheriting his title and lands.
BM Satires 6058.
[Ref: 60082]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Earl of Effingham.]
[The Earl of Effingham.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published 14th May 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching on thick watermarked laid paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". A fine impression with wide margins.
Caricature portrait of Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (1746 - 1791; standing in profile to right, holding a long slender staff in his right hand, a short staff in the left - the two staffs of office for which he was known as the Devil on two sticks. Though he is plainly dressed, without a wig, he wears a sword. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. Effingham County, Georgia and Effingham County, Illinois are named after him in commoration for his support of the American Colonies as he is best known for resigning his commission in protest against the war. Numbered faintly '10'? upper left. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6061. NPG D2298.
[Ref: 21357]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Earl of Effingham.]
[Earl of Effingham.]
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th May 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, watermark 1808, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Nicks and tape stains on margins.
Portrait of Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (1747-1791), holding a long slender staff in his right hand and a short staff in the left, the two staffs of office for which he was known as 'the Devil on two sticks'. He died while serving as Governor of Jamaica (1790-1).
BM Satires 6061.
[Ref: 60017]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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An Ex-Minister training a Terrier at Bowood
An Ex-Minister training a Terrier at Bowood "Latrat et ore fremit, bile tumetque Je-cur."
J.S. [James Sayers] f. March 1798.
[Unpublished in pencil.]
Etching. 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 11") very large margins. Slight stain at top.
William Petty, Marquess of Lansdowne, urges a dog, with legal wig and gown and the face of Joseph Jekyll, to bark at the bust of Pitt sheltering in a lair. On January 3rd Jekyll had made a violent and personal attack on Pitt in a speech on the Assessed Taxes Bill.
BM Satires 9179
[Ref: 51627]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Lee.]
[John Lee.] 28.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published by Ja.s Bretherton 14.th July 1784.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Attorney-General John Lee (1733-1793), standing with his arms folded. Known at the bar as "Honest Jack Lee", he was distinguished for his integrity.
BM Satires 6641.
[Ref: 59981]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Lee.]
[John Lee.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published by Jas Bretherton 14th July 1784 [but a later impression?].
Etching on wove paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Faint trace of vertical crease, evident to verso. A decent impression, with good margins.
Caricature portrait of John Lee (1733 - 1793), Attorney-General in 1783, M.P. for Clitheroe; standing with his arms folded, looking left. His portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1786, and was exhibited in that year at the Royal Academy. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press.
See BM Satires 6641. NPG D9832. DNB.
[Ref: 21324]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Duke of Richmond.]
[Duke of Richmond.] 26.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 3.d July 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1735-1806), standing in profile to the left holding his cockaded hat in his right hand. Lennox was a soldier, diplomat, politician and art patron. He was a leading Whig statesman who advocated parliamentary reform and supported the aspirations of the American colonists for greater independence. His motion in the House of Lords in 1778 for the withdrawal of British troops from America was opposed by Chatham who collapsed the ensuing debate.
BM Satires 6077.
[Ref: 60020]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Francis Molyneux and Mr. Quarme.]
[Sir Francis Molyneux and Mr. Quarme.] 20. 21.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (1738–1812), and Robert Quarme, Yeoman Usher (fl. 1782-1806), both officers of the House of Lords. Sir Francis Molyneux, tall and broad, stands full-face looking down at Robert Quarme, a very small man, standing in profile to the left. Both wear bag-wigs, ruffles, and swords.
BM Satires 6074.
[Ref: 60084]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Earl of Sandwich.]
[The Earl of Sandwich.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published by C.Bretherton 3d July 1782.
Etching on thick laid paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Large uncut margins.
Caricature of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 - 1792), First Lord of the Admiralty. He stands directed to the right, his head in profile, his left hand thrust into his waistcoat, his right in his waistcoat pocket. Montagu instituted reforms in naval dockyards with Anson, but was later blamed for the rundown at the time of the American War of Independence. He was known as 'Jemmy Twitcher' for his part in the prosecution of his friend Wilkes. The Sandwich Islands were named after him. The subject of innumerable caricatures and lampoons, his most lasting contribution to British culture is his invention of the now-familiar snack - the sandwich. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6076. NPG D5900.
[Ref: 21352]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Earl of Sandwich.]
[The Earl of Sandwich.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published by C.Bretherton 3d July 1782 [but a later impression?].
Etching on wove paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". A decent impression, with good margins. Slight foxing.
Caricature of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 - 1792), First Lord of the Admiralty. He stands directed to the right, his head in profile, his left hand thrust into his waistcoat, his right in his waistcoat pocket. Montagu instituted reforms in naval dockyards with Anson, but was later blamed for the rundown at the time of the American War of Independence. He was known as 'Jemmy Twitcher' for his part in the prosecution of his friend Wilkes. The Sandwich Islands were named after him. The subject of innumerable caricatures and lampoons, his most lasting contribution to British culture is his invention of the now-familiar snack - the sandwich. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6076.
[Ref: 21353]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Viscount Stormont.]
[Viscount Stormont.] 33.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published by Ja.s Bretherton 14.th July 1784.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727 - 1796), diplomat and statesman; right hand on hip, left thrust into his waistcoat. He wears the ribbon of the Thistle and a Sword (Knight of the Thistle). Ambassador to Vienna and then to France in the early years of the American War of Independence.
BM Satires 6637.
[Ref: 60073]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lord Grantley.]
[Lord Grantley.] 22.
JS. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley (1716-1789), standing in profile to the left. Norton was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1782
BM Satires 6071.
[Ref: 60075]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Earl Nugent.]
[Earl Nugent.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published 14th May 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching on thick watermarked laid paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Uncut with large margins.
Caricature portrait of Robert Nugent, Earl Nugent (1702 - 1788), bending forward, his head in profile to the left, his right hand extended, his hat in his left hand; as if speaking in the House of Commons. Nugent was noted for speeches in a rich brogue and for his support of every Ministry in turn. An Irish peer and M.P. for St. Mawes, he was nicknamed 'Squire Gawkey' and was also called "the old rat of the Constitution". By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. Numbered '8' upper left. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6059. NPG D9882.
[Ref: 21355]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Earl Nugent.]
[Earl Nugent.] 11.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th May 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Robert Craggs Nugent (1702-1788), his right hand extended, his hat in his left hand as if speaking in the House of Commons, where he was noted for speeches in a rich brogue and for his support of every Ministry in turn. He was nicknamed 'Squire Gawkey' and was also called 'the old rat of the Constitution'.
BM Satires 6059.
[Ref: 60008]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Game. [Colonel George Onslow.]
Game. [Colonel George Onslow.] 14.
[JS.] [James Sayers.]
Published 7.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½") with large margins. Nicks and tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Colonel George Onslow (1731-1792) as a cock-fighter. He wears a plain hat and coat, top-boots with spurs like those attached to the legs of gamecocks, holding a riding-whip in his right hand. In the foreground stands a spurred gamecock. Onslow was a British politician and army officer, nicknamed ‘cocking George’ because of his fondness for cock fighting.
BM Satires 6065.
[Ref: 59979]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Earl of Shelburne.]
[Earl of Shelburne.] 9.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th May 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, watermark 1809, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), standing, facing three-quarters left, his right hand thrust under his Garter ribbon. He wears a bag-wig and ruffles, and has the sly, complacent smile and half-closed eyes which are conspicuous in satires of Shelburne at this time. He was prime minister (1782-1783) during the reign of George III.
BM Satires 6062.
[Ref: 60012]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Thomas Powys] The Atlas of the Landed Interest.
[Thomas Powys] The Atlas of the Landed Interest. To Pitt by Friendship I am tied / Yet always with his Foes divide / Wou'd make this Son of England's Glory / A creature neither Whig nor Tory Wou'd have him quit his high Condition, / To grovel in a Coalition, Perswade him that a Tavern Vote / Shou'd make a Premier change his Note (A vote from coalescing Embers / of Faction, more than County Members) / Thus make this persevering Elf / As inconsistent as myself.
J.S. [James Sayers]
Published 10th Feb.y 1784 by Ja.s Bretherton.
Etching. 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, old ink mss. over publisher's inscription.
A caricature portrait of Thomas Powys (1743-1800), M.P. for Northamptonshire from 1774 until 1797, when he became 1st Baron Lilford. Elongated, he walks with a corded bale marked 'Landed Interest For M[r Fo]x at Brookes's By the Carrier from St Alban's'. In early 1784 he attempted to effect a coalition between Pitt and Fox, the first step being a meeting at the St. Alban's Tavern.
BM Satires 6413.
[Ref: 58318]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mr Powys.]
[Mr Powys.] 32.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th July 1784 by Ja.s Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
A caricature portrait of Thomas Powys (1743-1800), standing in profile to the left with both hands extended. Powys was MP for Northamptonshire from 1774 until 1797, when he became 1st Baron Lilford. In early 1784 he attempted to effect a coalition between Pitt and Fox, the first step being a meeting at the St. Alban's Tavern.
BM Satires 6642.
[Ref: 60068]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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[Richard Rigby.]
[Richard Rigby.] 6.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 6.th April 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on margins.
Portrait of Richard Rigby (1722-1788), holding out his hat in his right hand, as if speaking in the House of Commons. Rigby sat in the House of Commons for 43 years from 1745 to 1788.
BM Satires 6052.
[Ref: 60015]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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In Te Domine Speravi. [Philip Rosenhagen.]
In Te Domine Speravi. [Philip Rosenhagen.] 28.
[James Sayers.]
[n.d. c.1788.]
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on margins.
Portrait of Philip Rosenhagen (1737-1798), fashionably dressed, holding his hat and cane. He gazes with a complacent smile at a bust portrait of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805).
BM Satires 7294.
[Ref: 60006]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Sawbridge.]
[John Sawbridge.] 34.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Publ.d by Ja.s Bretherton 31.st March 1788.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins. Very small hole top left.
Caricature portrait of John Sawbridge (1732-1795), holding out his hat in his left hand and a paper inscribed 'Motion for Reform in the Representation' in his right. Sawbridge was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780.
BM Satires 7291.
[Ref: 60083]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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A Posthaste Conveyance for S-[cottish] Members.
A Posthaste Conveyance for S-[cottish] Members.
JS[ayers] f.
Published as the Act directs by Jas. Bretherton New Bond Street 20th January 1784.
Etching on thick watermarked laid paper, 230 x 280mm. 9 x 11". Creasing to upper right margin.
Political satire: a Scotsman enclosed in a letter inscribed in large letters 'To The Majority St Stephens Westmr Free Duke or no Duke'; the letter franked 'Free'. A signpost (left) points 'To London', showing that he is being projected through the air from Scotland to London. A thistle at the foot of the post indicates Scotland. The fellow wears a Scots cap and tartan stockings. This is a satirical swipe at William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738 - 1809), who in April 1783 became Prime Minister, with Fox and Lord North as secretaries of state. The Duke was accused of corrupting Scottish MPs by means of a fund for travelling expenses – a theme still very topical! Portland resigned in December 1783, when Fox's India Bill had been thrown out in the Lords. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press.
BM Satires 6381. DNB.
[Ref: 21326]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lord Mahon.]
[Lord Mahon.] 19.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17 June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753 - 1816), politician and scientist, standing in profile to the right, body bent forward, right hand extended as if making an impassioned speech. He holds his hat and cane in his left hand. He is plainly dressed, his lank and scanty hair tied at the neck. Stanhope was a leading member of the reforming London Revolution Society 1788-91. He laid out the Society's principles, which asserted that all civil and political authority derived from the people, that the abuse of power justified resistance and that trial by jury, freedom of the press and freedom of elections should always be held sacred. He was satirised in popular prints as 'Citizen Stanhope' because of his democratic principles but the society, though short-lived, was influential in framing Britain's reaction to the French Revolution.
BM Satires 6072.
[Ref: 60079]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lord Mahon.]
[Lord Mahon.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), on thick, watermarked paper with uncut margins.
Caricature of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), politician and scientist, standing in profile to the right, body bent forward, right hand extended as if making an impassioned speech. He holds his hat and cane in his left hand. He is plainly dressed, his lank and scanty hair tied at the neck. Stanhope was a leading member of the reforming London Revolution Society 1788-91. He laid out the Society's principles, which asserted that all civil and political authority derived from the people, that the abuse of power justified resistance and that trial by jury, freedom of the press and freedom of elections should always be held sacred. He was satirised in popular prints as 'Citizen Stanhope' because of his democratic principles but the society, though short-lived, was influential in framing Britain's reaction to the French Revolution. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. Numbered 'XIX' in plate upper left. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6072.
[Ref: 21348]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lord Sydney.]
[Lord Sydney.] 29.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published by Ja.s Bretherton 14.th July 1784.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Thomas Townshend (1733 - 1800), 1st Viscount Sydney, standing with his hat held out in his right hand, his left on his sword. He served as Pitt's Secretary of State for the Home Department. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia is named after him.
BM Satires 6640.
[Ref: 60067]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Charles Turner.]
[Sir Charles Turner.] 15.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") with large margins. Small nicks and tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Sir Charles Turner (1726-1783), standing in profile to the left as if making a speech. He is excessively thin, a cane is under his left arm, and his left hand is in a muff. He was a British politician and Lord Mayor of York.
BM Satires 6073.
[Ref: 60076]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Brook Watson.]
[Sir Brook Watson.] 35.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Pub.d by Ja.s Bretherton 31.st March 1788.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (1735 - 1807), bending forward, his wooden leg concealed behind a bench, and holding out a document with a pendent seal inscribed 'Pension for Services'. Watson was a British merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London. At 14 years old, he was attacked by a shark resulting in the loss of his right leg below the knee.
BM Satires 7290.
[Ref: 59983]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Brook Watson.]
[Brook Watson.]
JS[ayers] f.
Pubd by Jas Bretherton, 31st. March 1788 [but a later impression?].
Soft-ground etching on wove paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼".
Caricature of Sir Brook Watson, 1st Bt (1735 - 1807), standing in profile to the right, bending forward, his wooden leg concealed behind a bench (left). He holds out a document with a pendent seal inscribed 'Pension for Services'. From the bench, on which is his hat, hangs an inscribed paper. Orphaned as a child in 1741, Watson initially went to sea but lost his leg to a shark in Havana. He then served in the army as a commissary and was a member of the original committee of Lloyds in 1772, later serving for ten years as its chairman. He was also MP for the City of London from 1784 to 1793 and became Lord Mayor of London in 1796. The pension was £500 a year, granted to his wife. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. Sayers's hostility to Alderman Brook was perhaps evoked by his opposition to the Shop Tax, 13 March 1788. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 7290. NPG D8787.
[Ref: 21359]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Marquis of Rockingham.]
[Marquis of Rockingham.] 1.
JS. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham (1730 - 1782), standing in profile to the left. Rockingham was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister of Great Britain, in 1765-6 and 1782.
BM Satires 6069.
[Ref: 59997]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Wilkes.]
[John Wilkes.]
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins. Faint glue stains at edges of outer margins.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 60133]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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