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James Sayers
1748-1823
Pre-face to Bellendenus / J. Sayers, fect.
etching
plate mark: 174 x 132 mm; sheet: 206 x 170 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1576
Published:
[London?] : Publd. by Thos. Cornell, 27th Decr. 1787.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Inscription:
In pencil at foot: Dr. Parr.
Notes:
Etched beneath title: "Fore tamen optandum est ut ad ultionem potius quam defensionem composita fiat tabula, Vide Prœf. fo. xxxvii."
Summary:
Half length portrait of Samuel Parr seated full-face behind a table; his right fist rests on a large book, "Bellen[denus]"; in his left hand is the stem of a long pipe which he smokes, scowling. In the smoke are the words "Damn τоν δεινα". Cf. BM Satires.
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