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James Sayers - The Biographers

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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

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A Peep at the Lion

A Peep at the Lion (1802)

George Moutard Woodward (English, 1765-1809)
Democracy against the unnatural union. Trial Octr. 14th 1817.

Democracy against the unnatural union. Trial Octr. 14th 1817. (1817)

William Charles
Martyrdom of prophet Joseph Smith

Martyrdom of prophet Joseph Smith (1890)

Anonymous
The full blown Macaroni.

The full blown Macaroni. (1772)

Henry William Bunbury (English, 1750-1811)
Drawing Room St James’s

Drawing Room St James’s (1809)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
The attack

The attack (1791)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
The morning news.

The morning news. (1772)

Henry William Bunbury (English, 1750-1811)
Bacon faced fellows of Brazen Nose, broke loose.

Bacon faced fellows of Brazen Nose, broke loose.

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Too many for a Jew

Too many for a Jew (1785)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
The Salutation Tavern.

The Salutation Tavern. (1773)

Henry William Bunbury (English, 1750-1811)
A Templar at his studies

A Templar at his studies (1811)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
The patriots.

The patriots. (1795)

Samuel Collings (English, active 1784–1789)
A near guess

A near guess (1823)

Richard Dighton (English, 1795-1880)
Pizzaro a ‘New’ Play or the Drury Lane Masquerade

Pizzaro a ‘New’ Play or the Drury Lane Masquerade (1799)

Charles Ansell (English, active 1752–1790)
Candidates canvassing for seats in Parliament

Candidates canvassing for seats in Parliament (1812)

William Elmes (English, active 1811–1820)
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