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The death of the foxes / engravd for the Oxford magazine.
Published
[London] : [Oxford magazine], [1770]
etching
plate mark: 7 1/8 x 4 7/16 inches (181 x 112 mm); image: 6 7/16 x 3 13/16 inches (163 x 97 mm); sheet: 7 1/2 x 4 9/16 inches (190 x 116 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1238
Notes
Print published February, 1770 in: Oxford magazine, iv. Cf. BM catalogue.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 46.
Library's copy partially trimmed within plate mark on left side.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 46.
Library's copy partially trimmed within plate mark on left side.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Two large foxes suspended by their necks from a gallows, while on the ground beloe geese hiss at theml a cock crows triumphantly; sheep and goats look on with apparent pleasure; and, in the distance, a farmer and his wife contemplate the scene with glee. The satire was published in February and referes doubtless to the resignation of some of the ministers who were allied with the Duke of Grafton, including probably the Duke of Bedford. The farmer and his wife may be the King and Queen.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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