Object Number 1969.1772 A

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

A NEW Buck's SONG, humbly address'd to the Gentlem,\n of that Noble Order,/ By a Brother.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Robert Sayer (Publisher)
1725-02//1794
Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1756

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; Printed for Rob.\t Sayer N.\o 53 Fleet Street.
2. Inscription; Lower center, beneath lyrics; Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1756.

Subjects

Genre scene; Society of Bucks

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

17.22 (H) , 11 (W) , 10.2 (Image H) , 8.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.73 (H) , 27.9 (W) , 10.2 (Image H) , 8.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.3 cm). Plate W: 9.79 in. (24.86 cm). Chain interval and laid lines not measured.

Publisher Summary

Sayer, Robert

Publication Date

1756

Place of Publication

53 Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 120.
[Book] Northern Ceramic Society. Made in Liverpool: Liverpool Pottery and Porcelain 1700-1850.
• John Sadler print on Wedgwood creamware mug, Liverpool delft tile and Longton Hall porcelain mug; also James Hayes print on Richard Chaffers, Liverpool porcelain mug portraying Society of Bucks arms: pp. 114--15, nos. 168-71
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Delft tiles bearing printed Society of Bucks arms: p. 22, nos. B1--2a and B1-3.