A man with a stag's head in a bag wig, saying "Alas my Friend Fox, We are in the wrong Box," shakes hands with a man with a fox's head, also in a bag wig, who responds "Indeed my true Buck. We have very bad luck." They represent, respectively, Lord John Cavendish and Charles James Fox who both resigned their posts after the collapse of the Rockingham administration
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Sheet inlaid to 27 x 22 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Barrow Jany. 21, 1783. White Lion Bull Stairs Surry side Black Friars Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796
Subject (Topic):
Foxes, Deer, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Full length portrait of Lord John Cavendish, facing right, a hat held in his upraised left hand and a document held in his right
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.3 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 5 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Lord John Cavendish.
Publisher:
Published 3d July 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Public speaking, and Politicians