Earl Bathurst

£85.00

James Sayers(Earl Bathurst)(Members of the Coalition Ministry of 1782)London, C Bretherton 17th. June 1782Etching180 x 110 mm

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James Sayers
(Earl Bathurst)
(Members of the Coalition Ministry of 1782)
London, C Bretherton 17th. June 1782
Etching
180 x 110 mm
£85
Bathurst stands almost full-faced, his habds thrust under his waistcoat, he wears a tie-wig and sword. He has a senile and almost imbecile expression.
Bathurst (1714-94), though he was removed from the Chancellorship in 1778, was Lord President of the Council from November 1779 till North’s fall in March 1782.
From a series of small, whole length caricature portraits of prominent members of the Whig Coalition and opponents of the American War. The inspiration was apparently the ministerial changes of March 1782.
BM 6070