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James Sayers - The triumph of gas lights.

The triumph of gas lights. (1810)

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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Modern spectacles easily seen through.

Modern spectacles easily seen through. (1818)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The Biographers

The Biographers (1786)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
A new leaf for an old book of common prayer.

A new leaf for an old book of common prayer. (1807)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
Citizen Bardolph refused admittance at Prince Hal’s.

Citizen Bardolph refused admittance at Prince Hal’s. (1794)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The first charge. Exit in fumo

The first charge. Exit in fumo (1788)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
[Frontispiece to citizn Jno Nicholls’s parliamentary & unparliamenty letters speeches and visions

[Frontispiece to citizn Jno Nicholls’s parliamentary & unparliamenty letters speeches and visions (1797)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
A Whisper Across the Channel

A Whisper Across the Channel (1785)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
Pand(e)monium

Pand(e)monium (1784)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The Atlas of the landed interest.

The Atlas of the landed interest. (1784)

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

on the sublime & beautiful (1785)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
The mask

The mask

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
French invasion upon Dutch bottoms.

French invasion upon Dutch bottoms. (1795)

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

The Patriot Exalted (ca. 1788)

James Sayers (English, 1748 – 1823)
Such was the Love of Office of the Noble Lord…

Such was the Love of Office of the Noble Lord… (1783)

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)
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