To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter blindfolded [graphic] : N.B. he is in training for sev[era]l other useful purposes ; also a very curious monkey who can read & write a little & imitates the huma

Creator:

Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[27 January 1789]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 20.8 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 25 x 33 cm

Notes:

Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps.
Title from text below image.

Abstract:

"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...

Topics:

Animal shows.
Cages.
Horses.
Monkeys.
Rats.
Regency--Great Britain.
Writing.

Topics:

Aubrey, John,--Sir,--1739-1826--Caricatures and cartoons.
Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
Derby, Edward Smith Stanley,--Earl of,--1752-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
Eldon, John Scott,--Earl of,--1751-1838--Ownership.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hamilton, William Gerard,--1729-1796--Caricatures and cartoons.
Malmesbury, James Harris,--Earl of,--1746-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sayers, James,--1748-1823--Ownership.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Taylor, Michael Angelo,--1757-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
Weltje, Louis,--1745-1810--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1789.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1789.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Source Title:

Folio album of 144 caricatures.

Call Number:

Folio 75 Sa85 810

Orbis Record:

7720043

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr33023

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7493

OID:

16819351

PID:

digcoll:4776567