Political affection [art original].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artistApril 1784.engThe Duchess of Devonshire sits nursing a fox at her bare breast; the fox is dressed as a child, its paw on her lap. A child sits to her right crying, arms stretched towards her. On the left a cat licks the face of a dog while ignoring her kitten that crawls beside them. A cradle sits empty in the background (left).Title and date from graphite pencil inscriptions in image.Study for the print of the same title, no. 6546 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.With, on the opposite side of the sheet: a drawing for Reynard put to his shifts by the same artist.