"A half length portrait of Fox, looking to the left, in his accustomed attitude when speaking: legs bent, hat in his right hand with his right arm raised as if to make a downward thrust. His hair is unkempt, his stockings ungartered, his shoes unlatched, and he holds the end of his shirt which escapes from under his waistcoat"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. i, p. 285., Temporary local subject terms: Speaking -- Reference to Demosthenes, 384-322 B.C., Collings's signature not present, probably cropped. Cf. George., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm., mounted to 37 x 23 cm.
Sheet trimmed to design and into imprint., Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Canvassing: Charles James Fox in Orkney boroughs -- Musical instruments: bagpipes -- Male costume: Scottish -- Scots -- Elections: Orkney boroughs, 1784 -- Birds -- Allusion to Jacobitism -- Boreas -- Wind., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 31 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet St.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Title from item., Printmaker, place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Commutation Tax, 1785 -- Soap tax -- Tax on lights -- Tax on windows -- Signs: sign-posts -- Trades: washerwomen -- Vehicles: tumbrels -- Windows -- Pitt's speech -- Gallow ropes., and Partial watermark in upper right of plate: fleur-de-lis on shield with initials L V G.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: Riding habits -- Election favors -- Canvassing -- Allusion to William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, 1748-1811 -- Chains., and Watermark in center of sheet: Taylor.
Publisher:
Pub. April 22, 1784, by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Great Britain. Parliament
On the left, Charles James Fox sits on a chair, his gouty left foot resting on a stool, his right hand holding a crutch. Behind him is a paper which reads "Plan to discharge the Nation[al] Debt". His right arm reaches out to a group of angry citizens confronting him with their complaints and pleas for relief. He says to them: "Gentlemen! I have been looking over my affairs, and give you my word of Honor you shall all be paid this day twelve month." A butcher, baker, orphan child, a nurse, and other troubled citizens voice their complaints in separate speech bubbles
Alternative Title:
Meeting of creditors
Description:
Title from caption below image., "SC" is the monogram of Samuel Collings., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
As the act directs published March 28, 1785 by W. Humphrey, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Public, History, Butchers, People, and Clergy