The champion of the people [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1784][approximately 1868?]engCharles Fox, in an armor and holding the "Shield of Truth," raises broken sword to fight a many-headed monster representing William Pitt and his supporters. In the background, a party of armed "English" and "Irish" gathered under the "Standard of Universal Liberty" decorated with an image of Britannia, watches with approval. Behind the monster, four men representing foreign powers caper with joy around the "Standard of sedition."Title etched below image.Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue.Restrike. For original issue of the plate, before alterations to the text and design, see no. 6444 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.Plate originally issued with the complete imprint "Pubd. March 11, 1784, by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand".Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 120.On leaf 21 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.