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LOT 2563
Two Georgian Political Caricatures by James Sayers
1788 A.D.
12 3/4 x 12 5/8 - 13 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (282 grams total, 32.5 x 32 - 35 x 30 cm).
Comprising: 'The Shadow of Opposition' etching, published 31 March 1788 by Thomas Cornell, monogrammed in the plate 'JS f', a satire on the Foxite Opposition, with the motto 'Stat Magni Nominis Umbra' and the verses 'Each Patriots Speech another Speech affords / The C—ns have their Echo in the L—ds'; 'The Managers in Distress, etching, published 11 April 1788 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street, monogrammed in the plate 'JS f' a satire on Burke, Fox and the other managers of the Warren Hastings impeachment, shown falling from a collapsing bridge: 'D—n the Piers they won't support us', punning on the House of Lords 'Peers'; both mounted. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
Sayers was one of the leading political caricaturists of the 1780s, a supporter of Pitt, and best known for his attacks on Fox and the Hastings prosecution. Both prints were published by Thomas Cornell, Sayers's regular publisher, within a fortnight of each other during the early months of the Hastings trial.
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LOT 2563
Two Georgian Political Caricatures by James Sayers
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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