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[Unpublished in pencil.]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
[Unpublished in pencil.]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