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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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White Lion Inn. Ponder’s End, Middlesex

White Lion Inn. Ponder’s End, Middlesex (1822)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Modern Peeping Tom’s who deserve to be sent to Coventry!!!.

Modern Peeping Tom’s who deserve to be sent to Coventry!!!.

William Heath (English, 1794-1840)
The Patriot Exalted

The Patriot Exalted (ca. 1788)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
Sharp-shooters attacked by cavalry

Sharp-shooters attacked by cavalry (1804)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Shipboard scene; berths with seasick passengers

Shipboard scene; berths with seasick passengers (19th Century)

Anonymous
Dying for love, or Captain Careless shot flying by a girl of fifteen who unexpectedly popped her head out of a casement

Dying for love, or Captain Careless shot flying by a girl of fifteen who unexpectedly popped her head out of a casement (1811)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Doncaster Fair or the industrious Yorkshirebites

Doncaster Fair or the industrious Yorkshirebites

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Kemble and the butcher.

Kemble and the butcher. (1805)

Anonymous
Miseries of travelling; Just as you are going off with only . . .

Miseries of travelling; Just as you are going off with only . . . (1807)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Cries of London; Bill Poster

Cries of London; Bill Poster (1805)

Anonymous
College refreshment

College refreshment (1815)

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Grimaldi’s leap frog, in the comic pantomime of The Golden Fish.

Grimaldi’s leap frog, in the comic pantomime of The Golden Fish. (1812)

William Heath (English, 1794-1840)
Rival candidates in Calcutta.

Rival candidates in Calcutta. (19th century)

Anonymous
Leap Frog, Down Constitution Hill

Leap Frog, Down Constitution Hill (1831)

John Doyle (Irish, 1797 – 1868)
Brickmakers

Brickmakers

Denis Dighton (English, 1792 – 1827)
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