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James Sayers - A Noble Lord, on an Approching Peace, Too Busy to attend to the Expenditure of a Million of the Public Money

A Noble Lord, on an Approching Peace, Too Busy to attend to the Expenditure of a Million of the Public Money (1787)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
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James Sayers

James Sayers (or Sayer) was an English caricaturist . Many of his works are described in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum which has an extensive holdings of his works collected at the time of original publication by Sarah Sophia Banks.

He was born at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of a merchant captain. He began as clerk in an attorney's office, and was for a time a member of the borough council. In 1780 his father's death provided him with a small fortune, and he went to London. As a political caricaturist he supported William Pitt the Younger. His plate of "Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street" was admitted by Charles James Fox, against whom it was directed, to have damaged his public image. Sayer was always at his best when attacking Fox, whose strong features he portrayed with remarkable power, always so as to make them convey expressions of defiant impudence or anger. Pitt, not known as a patron of the arts, provided Sayer with a place as marshal of the Exchequer court. He died in Curzon Street, Mayfair.

Sayer's "Carlo Khan" has been frequently reproduced. But he can only be judged with confidence after examining the collection in the British Museum, or other public libraries. His drawings, made originally with pencil on oil paper, were etched for him by the Brethertons ((James Bretherton, Charles Bretherton)). They were then sold in collections of the size of a large octavo copybook, under such titles as Illustrious Heads (1794) or Outlines of the Opposition (1795). Sayer left a complete gallery of small full-length pictures of the public men of his time, slightly caricatured. In his large plates he is inferior to James Gillray, and he never has the grace of Thomas Rowlandson, but he was closer to the truth than either.

He also wrote political propaganda as prose and verse The Foundling Chapel Brawl, Elijah's Mantle, All The Talent's Garland, Hints to J.Nollekens Esq

In Collection: British Cartoons (View all 1227)

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A brewer’s dray (1787)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
A flat between two sharps

A flat between two sharps (1803)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Peace throughout Europe.

Peace throughout Europe. (1814)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
A Meeting of Monopolizers, or the Good Effect of Peace

A Meeting of Monopolizers, or the Good Effect of Peace (1801)

Charles Williams (English, ?-1830)
A real TB.

A real TB. (1824)

Richard Dighton (English, 1795-1880)
An artist travelling in Wales

An artist travelling in Wales (1799)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Battle of the Amazons

Battle of the Amazons

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
The negociator’s

The negociator’s (1741)

George Bickham
Mrs. Clarke, the York Beauty.

Mrs. Clarke, the York Beauty. (1809)

Anonymous
Plucking a spoony

Plucking a spoony

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Peddler selling clothing

Peddler selling clothing

Denis Dighton (English, 1792 – 1827)
The theatrical Caesar! or Cassius and Casca, in debate.

The theatrical Caesar! or Cassius and Casca, in debate. (1804)

Anonymous
Witches in a hay loft

Witches in a hay loft (1807)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
The grandmother’s darling.

The grandmother’s darling. (1795)

Anonymous
French Salutation, English Salutation

French Salutation, English Salutation (1827-1829)

William Heath (English, 1794-1840)
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