Lord N-s supplication to Mr. Fox [graphic].

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Title: Lord N-s supplication to Mr. Fox [graphic].
Alternative Title: Lord North's supplication to Mr. Fox
Published / Created: [1783]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: [s.n.]
Abstract: A weeping Lord North, with a bag labelled "The nations plunder" thrown over his shoulder, kneels in front of Charles Fox, begging him for protection as the devil, reining North in with a rope wound around his arms, pronounces him his favorite. Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, points out North's long record of breaking promises.
Description: Mounted to 27 x 42 cm.
Publication date from George.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 21.9 x 24.6 cm, on sheet 25 x 39 cm.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings -- England -- London -- 1783
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1783
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789
Subject (Topic): Devil
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Orbis Record: 6958354
Object ID (OID): 10727299
More Information: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 6282