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
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