- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.07.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an outdoor setting, a bare-chested Lord Thurlow, his judge's wig at his feet, faces a bare-chested Charles Fox in a boxing match over the proposed regulation of the fees of the Exchequer Officers. Rigby's, proposition to exempt him from this new regulation was opposed in Parliament by Fox. The contenders'seconds are Rigby for Thurlow and Sheridan for Fox
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by D. Archery, July th [sic] 1783, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Boxing, Wigs, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War establishment [graphic]
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