A whisper cross the Channel [print] / JS f.

Accession number: 
PML 146857.69
Author: 
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published: 
[London] : Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street, [1785
Description: 
1 print : etching and aquatint ; image: 229 x 170 mm; plate mark: 249 x 202 mm; sheet: 271 x 228 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Item no. 69 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

In pencil at foot: "Mr Fox" and "Bishop of Deny".

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Cartoon shows Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embracing across a narrow piece of water inscribed "St George's Channel". In his right hand the bishop holds a burning brand, his left is on Fox's shoulder. Fox's profile is hidden behind that of the bishop; in his outstretched left hand is a burning brand held horizontally above burning buildings which are sketched on the right of the design (in Ireland). Behind Fox is a building resembling St. Paul's, above which are heavy clouds. In the channel are ships.

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