Accession number
PML 146857.59
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published ye 20th January 1784 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street, [1784
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Plate ye 5th".
The fifth of a numbered set of five satirical prints by Sayers on Fox and the India Bill.
Item no. 59 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
The fifth of a numbered set of five satirical prints by Sayers on Fox and the India Bill.
Item no. 59 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 251 x 216 mm; plate mark: 273 x 223 mm; sheet: 324 x 276 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In ink at foot: Mr Fox.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Charles James Fox is depicted from behind, leaning on a table, regarding his reflection in a mirror. The face looking back at him is that of Oliver Cromwell. Fox is waving a document marked "Resolutions" and an issue of the Morning Chronicle is visible on the table.
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