Lord Grantley

James Sayers
(Lord Grantley)
(Members of the Coalition Ministry of 1782)
London, C Bretherton 17th. June 1782
Etching
180 x 110 mm
£85
Grantly standing in profile, his right hand thrust under his partly buttoned coat, his left hand under his coat-tail. He wears a tie-wig and a sword.
Sir Fletcher Norton (1716 – 1789), was Speaker from 1770 – 1780, he was created Baron Grantley on April 9th. 1782. He was called by satirists ‘Sir Bull-face Double-face’.
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 6071