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James Sayers
1748-1823
The managers in distress / JS f.
etching with stipple
plate mark: 170 x 181 mm; sheet: 175 x 187 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1595
Published:
[London] : Publd. 11th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street, [1788]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
A stone bridge across a river collapses, all its piers having broken. Fox clings to the central piece of masonry which is falling; he says: "D**n the Piers they won't support us". Burke falls head foremost into the water, clutching a roll inscribed "Impeachment". Courtenay's head wearing a hat emerges from the water; a pair of legs and hands with a floating bag-wig are identified as Sir James Erskine. Cf. BM Satires.
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