A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].

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Title: A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Williams, John, active 1781-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [3 June 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 3d, 1783, by J. Williams, Strand, No. 227
Abstract: Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip, is depicted riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil...", a saddle bag labelled "enjoyments" before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching with roulette on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.4 x 34.2 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 1 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.0 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 29 x 44 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching with roulette ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
England
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Horseback riding
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Horseback riding > England > 18th century
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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