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James Sayers - The charmers of the age

The charmers of the age (1786)

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 Posthaste Conveyance for S—Members

A Posthaste Conveyance for S—Members (1784)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The Repeal of the Test Act a Vision

The Repeal of the Test Act a Vision (1790)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost (1782)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
Monsieur Francois introduces Master Pr———-tly to the National Assembly

Monsieur Francois introduces Master Pr———-tly to the National Assembly (1792)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The Minister Endeavouring to Eke Out Dr. Pr–ty—–n’s Bisho-Prick

The Minister Endeavouring to Eke Out Dr. Pr–ty—–n’s Bisho-Prick (1787)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The Patriot Exalted

The Patriot Exalted (ca. 1788)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The comet

The comet (1789)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
A shot at the min . . . .r, for a call of the House.

A shot at the min . . . .r, for a call of the House. (1787)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
A Transfer of East India Stock

A Transfer of East India Stock (1783)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The Biographers

The Biographers (1786)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
on the sublime & beautiful

on the sublime & beautiful (1785)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro

Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro (1783)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
A peep behind the curtains at Drury Lane.

A peep behind the curtains at Drury Lane. (1789)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The Regency Twelfth Cake not cut up, and All the People rejoiced and said ‘Long Live the King’

The Regency Twelfth Cake not cut up, and All the People rejoiced and said ‘Long Live the King’ (1789)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
Cicero in Catilinam

Cicero in Catilinam (1785)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
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