Charles Fox, shown in profile, with a fox's head, rides his horse towards the left holding a goose by the neck over his shoulder. Two bags stuffed with geese are suspended from his saddle. He says, "I have Burgoyn'd the geese at last by coming North about" [i.e., surrendered them to the enemy as Gen. Burgoyne did at Saratoga, by forming a coalition with Lord North].
Alternative Title:
State goose catcher and St. James's market-man
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and Mounted to 36 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Barrow Septr. 11, 1783. White Lion, Bull Stairs, Surry Side Black Friars Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Horseback riding, Foxes, Geese, and Clothing & dress
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