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James Sayers
1748-1823
Sir James Erskine / JS f.
etching with stipple
plate mark: 176 x 112 mm; sheet: 181 x 119 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1591
Published:
[London] : Published by James Bretherton, 31st March 1788.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Inscription:
Small label pasted at lower left reads "Sir James Erskine".
Notes:
Title supplied by BM Satires.
Summary:
Erskine stands in profile to the left; he bends forward, resting both hands on the table of the House of Commons, part of which is visible on the left. His half-closed eyes give him an almost imbecile expression.
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