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James SayersThe Manager and his Dog /// Caricature Cartoonist British Humor Satire Etching1803
1803
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About the Item
Artist: James Sayers (English, 1748-1823)
Title: "The Manager and his Dog - or - A New Way to Keep One's Head above Water"
*Issued unsigned, though monogram signed by Sayers in the plate (printed signature) lower left
Year: 1803
Medium: Original Etching with Aquatint on wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown, likely London, UK
Publisher: Hannah Humphrey, London, UK
Reference: "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum" - George No. 10172
Sheet size: 10.63" x 13.07"
Image size: 9.94" x 12.38"
Condition: Trimmed close to platemark. Light toning to sheet and some light foxing in upper left and right corners. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition
Rare
Notes:
Comes from Sayers' untitled folio (1782-1810) which consists of 144 etchings, some with aquatint, of caricatures mounted on 87 sheets. This work here was originally issued on the 83rd sheet from the folio. The title and publisher's information printed lower right. This caricature portrays Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), a well known British playwright and politician who was closely allied with Fox. As a supporter of Fox he was a member of parliament from the early 1780's and was eventually awarded the post of treasurer of the British Navy. James Sayers' attacks upon the political powers gained him favor with the Prime Minister, William Pitt. There are examples of this work in many permanent museum collections.
Biography:
James Sayers (or Sayer) (1748 – April 20, 1823) 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.
- Creator:James Sayers (1748 - 1823, English)
- Creation Year:1803
- Dimensions:Height: 10.63 in (27.01 cm)Width: 13.07 in (33.2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU121214601712
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