[Frontispiece to hints to J. Nollekens, Esq. R.A.] [graphic] / J.S. f.

Creator:

Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
Published by R. Spencer,
19th July 1808.

Physical Description:

1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 41 x 31 cm.

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Notes:

Temporary local subject terms: Sculpture -- Busts.
Title from British Museum catalogue.

Abstract:

"Folding pl. to 'Hints [ut supra] ... on his modelling a bust of Lord G ****** le' (a verse satire). Nollekens (T.Q.L.) stands in back view placing a bust of Grenville on a shelf at the level of his head, between the busts of Pitt (l.) and Fox (r.). Grenville's eyes are slits; round his neck is a rosary with a cross. Pitt's head, turned to the right., looks over his shoulder at Grenville with a puckered brow ('dignified disgust'). Fox gazes to the left. Two other busts (r. and l.) on brackets look down with displeasure at Grenville. On an upper shelf is a group of antique busts, their expressions registering surprise or cynical amusement. With them is an oval medallion of a monk kneeling before a cross. Below, flanking Nollekens, are two marbles from his collection of antiques: a seated satyr (l.) and a much-damaged torso inscribed 'ΑπΟΛΛωΝΙΟS ΝΕSΤOROS'. Below the design: "And now the point of dress adjusted Methinks I see his Lordship busted And with the Cross of Peter graced Between his quondam Colleagues placed Propose with theirs to join his pate And form a Bust-Triumvirate""--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Sculpture.

Topics:

Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville,--Baron,--1759-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
Nollekens, Joseph,--1737-1823
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Spence, Richard (Publisher) active 1808, publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1808.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1808.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

9146347

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr30311

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11002

OID:

16194489

PID:

digcoll:4047846