James Sayers
(Colonel Bodens)
London, C Bretherton June 4th. 1782
Etching
180 x 110 mm
£85
A full length portrait in profile of George Bodens, who was commissioned in 1762. He was a favourite subject of Sayers, who etched a number of caricatures of him. He was a member of Boodles, ‘ fattest, best-tempered and most popular man in London’. He is here semi-caricaturized, in profile, wearing a loopedhat and buttoned overcoat, his hand thrust in his coat pocket.
BM 6064
Colonel Bodens
£85.00
James Sayers(Colonel Bodens)London, C Bretherton June 4th. 1782Etching180 x 110 mm
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