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James Sayers

Header: James Sayers
Also known as: James Sayers; primary name: Sayers, James; other name: Sayer, James
Details: individual; printmaker; legal; British; Male
Life dates: 1748-1823
Biography: Norfolk-born lawyer, political journalist and caricaturist, with a long career. Sayesr was an admirer of Pitt and the latter employed him as a government propagandist from his taking office in 1782 until his death in 1806. Sayers' plates usually use aquatint and are hardly ever coloured. First notable for his works 1783-4 on the Fox-North coalition published by Thomas Cornell. Later works were published by Hannah Humphrey. The BM has a superb collection of his work in three albums collected by Sarah Banks, and obviously supplied directly to her by Sayers (see 298.d.2). There are numerous annotated and working proofs; annotations on folios by Banks indicate that although rebound in the BM the sheets and arrangment are hers..
Bibliography: T. Clayton, 'James Gillray, a revolution in satire', New Haven and London, 2022, p. 57

385 related objects

drawing

Museum number: Y,10.185 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Drawn by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1787

drawing

Museum number: 1971,0724.2 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Drawn by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1748-1823

drawing; print study

Museum number: Y,10.124 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Drawn by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1788

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0710.3 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Drawn by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1748-1823

drawing

Museum number: 1925,0715.22 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Drawn by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1804

print; satirical print

Title: The Mask |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5006 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:James Bretherton |
Production date: 1783

print; satirical print

Title: A peep over the garden wall in Berkeley Square Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: 1917,1208.4100 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print; admission-ticket

Title: For the trial of Warren Ha[stings]/ Seventh day |
Museum number: Y,10.188 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: A hasty sketch of yesterday's business. |
Museum number: Y,10.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:James Bretherton |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: The Impeachment. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5488 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1786

print; satirical print

Title: Hamlet Act V Scene 1st |
Museum number: 1868,0808.10307 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1804

print; satirical print

Title: A reverie of Prince Demetrius Cantemir, Ospidar of Moldavia |
Museum number: Y,10.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print

Museum number: Y,10.174 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1802

print; satirical print

Title: [Wilkes] |
Museum number: Y,10.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: A hasty sketch of yesterday's business. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5165 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:James Bretherton |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: [Lord Mahon] |
Museum number: Y,10.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: Performed at a little theatre with great applause |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5551 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1786

print; satirical print

Title: Camille Des Moulins. anglice Joe Miller Orateur vi Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: Y,10.1.e |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: [Earl of Shelburne] |
Museum number: 1920,1211.826 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: Deep Ones |
Museum number: 1867,0309.332 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1780-1790

print; satirical print; admission-ticket

Title: For the trial of Warren Ha[stings]/ Seventh day |
Museum number: Y,10.190 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: [Wilkes] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4856 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: Eloquence founded on chemical principles. |
Museum number: Y,10.78 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1787

print; satirical print

Title: The master of the inn confers the order of knighthood on Don Quixotte |
Museum number: Y,10.182 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1803

print; satirical print

Title: Francois Philppeaux Citoyen actif & sans culotte Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: Y,10.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: Citizen Bardolph refused admittance at Prince Hal' Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: 1878,0511.1405 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: The shadow of opposition ("Stat nominis umbra") |
Museum number: Y,10.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: The patriot exalted. |
Museum number: 1878,0511.1378 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1792

print; satirical print

Title: [Colonel Boden] |
Museum number: Y,10.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: Robespierre Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: K,67.239 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: [Richard Rigby] |
Museum number: Y,10.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: Frontispiece for the 2nd Edition of Dr J-n's Letters |
Museum number: Y,10.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: [James Wallace] |
Museum number: Y,10.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles BrethertonAfter:James Sayers |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Title: [North whitewashing Fox] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4951 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Edward Hedges |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: James Sayers |
Museum number: Y,5.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maxim GauciAfter:James Sayers |
Production date: 1823

print; satirical print

Title: Scrub. |
Museum number: K,57.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1786

print; satirical print

Title: Brissot Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: Y,10.1.d |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: [Bonnet-rouge] Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: K,67.238 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: ***** [Burke] on the sublime and beautiful. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5427 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1785

print; satirical print

Title: The shadow of opposition ("Stat Nominis Umbra") |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5706 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: Francois Philppeaux Citoyen actif & sans culotte Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: K,67.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: Brissot Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: K,67.242 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: The mirror of patriotism. |
Museum number: Y,10.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:James Bretherton |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: The charmers of the age. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5540 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:James Bretherton |
Production date: 1786

print; satirical print

Title: The Impeachment. |
Museum number: Y,10.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1786

print; satirical print

Title: Frontispiece for the 2nd Edition of Dr J-n's Letters |
Museum number: Y,10.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: A reverie of Prince Demetrius Cantemir, Ospidar of Moldavia |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5718 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Museum number: Y,10.203 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1780-1790

print; satirical print

Title: Brissot's visit to his friend Lord Leveller. Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: 1878,0511.1408 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peac Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6345 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: [The coalition stage coach] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4999 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1783

print; satirical print

Title: [James Wallace] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12444 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles BrethertonAfter:James Sayers |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Title: Delphini à la Rossi |
Museum number: Y,10.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:James Bretherton |
Production date: 1785

print; satirical print

Title: Game [Mr George Onslow] |
Museum number: Y,10.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: Chauvelin Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: Y,10.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: [Lord Amherst] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4820 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: A reverie of Prince Demetrius Cantemir, Ospidar of Moldavia |
Museum number: Y,10.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: Chauvelin Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: Y,10.1.g |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: A peep over the garden wall in Berkeley Square Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: Y,10.2.c |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: Frontispiece Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 collected from |
Museum number: Y,10.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1795

print; satirical print

Title: Anacharsis Cloots Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: K,67.241 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: [Melville's aquittal] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.10300 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1806

print; satirical print

Title: Frontispiece for the 2nd Edition of Dr J-n's Letters |
Museum number: 1925,0715.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print

Museum number: 1931,0509.168 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1780-1820

print; satirical print

Title: Robespierre Illustrious Heads designed for a new History of Re |
Museum number: Y,10.1.a |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peac Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: Y,10.2.f |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: The fall of Phaeton. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5094 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5059 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1783

print; satirical print

Title: [Sir Charles Turner] |
Museum number: Y,10.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: Scrub. |
Museum number: 1933,1014.368 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1786

print; satirical print

Title: [General Burgoyne] |
Museum number: Y,10.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print; satirical print

Title: Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5058 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: Mr Bannister in the Character of Miss Polly Peachum |
Museum number: K,57.118 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Title: A Puff Off |
Museum number: Y,10.6 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1780-1785

print; satirical print

Title: A transfer of East India stock. |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1151 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: Mr Bannister in the Character of Miss Polly Peachum |
Museum number: 1933,1014.322 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Museum number: Y,10.209 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1780-1785

print; satirical print

Title: Citizen Don Quixote becomes the champion of French Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: 1878,0511.1406 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: The Princess's Bow alias the Bow Begum |
Museum number: Y,10.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: A Puff Off |
Museum number: K,57.229 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1780-1785

print

Museum number: Y,10.206 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1780-1800

print; satirical print

Title: Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street. |
Museum number: Y,10.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1783

print; satirical print

Title: [Lord John Cavendish] |
Museum number: Y,10.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Charles Bretherton |
Production date: 1782

print

Museum number: Y,10.207.+ |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1780-1800

print; satirical print

Title: Pand[e]monium |
Museum number: Y,10.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: The Address of the Protestant Dissenting Ministers |
Museum number: Y,10.172 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1805

print; satirical print

Title: Brissot's visit to his friend Lord Leveller. Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: Y,10.143 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: Opposition's attempt to raise the dead |
Museum number: Y,10.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print

Title: Citizen Don Quixote becomes the champion of French Outlines of the Opposition collected from the Desi |
Museum number: Y,10.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1794

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