A puerile attack on an old servant [graphic] / JS [monogram] f.

Creator:

Sayers, James, 1748-1823, artist.

Published/Created:

[London]
Published by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Strt,
17th March 1787.

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint & etching on wove paper ; plate mark 266 x 216 mm, on sheet 32 x 27 cm

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http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr30269b

Notes:

Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Sir James Erskine dressed as a little girl but wearing a man's wig, bends forward in profile to the left to thrash a mastiff (Hastings) who lies (left) surrounded by a wreath of thorns, his collar inscribed 'Keeper of Ind[ia]'. He holds in his left hand a paper inscribed 'Speec[h] for Thur[sday] Monopoly of Opium'. On the lash of Erskine's whip is a judge's wig inscribed 'Defence of Lord Clive'; its handle is decorated with bells. Burke's head and right arm project into the upper right corner of the design; he holds leading-strings attached to Erskine's shoulders. Below him and immediately behind Erskine are the head and shoulders of Francis, who leans forward, clapping his hands. Above Hastings a rectangular block inscribed 'Impeachment' hangs by a thread. Beside him are three stones, which have been thrown at him, inscribed respectively 'Malice', 'Eloquence', and 'Calumny'"--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
East India Company.
Erskine, James Francis,--1743-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Francis, Philip,--1740-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818--Trials, litigation, etc.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1787.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1787.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

7794800

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr30269b

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7151

OID:

16194429

PID:

digcoll:4047715