Lord Hertford is depicted outside his house, receiving Charles James Fox (shown with a fox's head). Lady Hertford and seven of her children all have rat's heads and stand obsequiously attentive to their guest who ignores them.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
S. Browning, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway,--Marquess of,--1718-1794--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Rats. , and Receiving lines.
Depicts a fox (Charles James Fox) hanging from a gibbet around which dance members of the Conway family, headed by a blindfolded General Conway who is led by the nose by Shelburne. The Conways are all depicted as rats, with the exception of General Conway and his brother Lord Hertford. Shelburne is shown Janus-like with two faces, his own and that of the Devil. Refers to the resignation of Fox after Shelburne's appointment and Conway's support of the latter. A sequel to British Museum satire 5966.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Conway, Henry Seymour,--1721-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway,--1st Marquis of,--1718-1794--Caricatures and cartoons., and Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Blindfolds., Dance., Devil., Foxes. , Gallows., and Rats.