[North whitewashing Fox] [graphic]

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Title: [North whitewashing Fox] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Hedges, Edward, active 1780-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [17 March 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 17th March 1783 by Edwd. Hedges, Cornhill
Abstract: Lord North, with an expression of anxious anticipation, applies white paint to Charles Fox's left cheek while Fox, his face inscrutable, descends the last step to the floor of the House of Commons taking North's left hand. A dog looks up at North. The inscription below the design reads, "--Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro, Translated for the Country Gentlemen, "I have found him a warm Friend a fair though formidable Adversary."
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as James Sayers in the British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching with drypoint and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 27.5 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 29.9 x 22.1 cm.
Mounted on leaf 14 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Provenance: Bequeathed by James Sayers to his sister and later given to Lord Eldon. Purchased from Christie's sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts, lot 305, 19 June 2012, with Lord Eldon's notebook (now LWL Mss Vol. 202).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.7 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 33 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching with drypoint and stipple ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic): Dogs
Clothing & dress
Politics and government
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dogs
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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