Accession number
PML 146430, leaf 034 (followin
Published
[London] : J. Barfield, Printer, Wardour-street, Soho, [1806?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Anonymous verses on the death of Charles James Fox; first line: In pensive attitude, with awful Pause.
Text printed within black mourning border.
Broadside folded and mounted on stub following leaf 34 of v. 2 of a set of 4 scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits, autographs, manuscripts, facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons (see PML 146429-32).
Anonymous verses on the death of Charles James Fox; first line: In pensive attitude, with awful Pause.
Text printed within black mourning border.
Broadside folded and mounted on stub following leaf 34 of v. 2 of a set of 4 scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits, autographs, manuscripts, facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons (see PML 146429-32).
Description
1 sheet (1 page) : ill. (engraving) ; 42.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustrated with an engraving above text showing a man in classical dress (possibly intended to represent Diogenes) reclining on the ground and holding an oval portrait of Fox; in the background are pyramids and busts on pillers, and behind his elbow lies an overturned lantern.
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