The death of the foxes [graphic]

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Title: The death of the foxes [graphic]
Published / Created: [1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Oxford magazine
Abstract: George as a farmer and Charlotte dressed simply as a farmer's wife sit outside a cottage (left) smiling as they point to a pair of large foxes hanging from a gallows in the middle of their farmyard. A rooster and geese stand looking up at the fox; in the foreground sheep and rams observe the scene before them, some with looks of alarm
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 46.
Mounted to 30 x 37 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.8 x 10.9 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Periodical illustrations England 1770
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subject (Topic): Couples
Dwellings
Foxes
Farmyards
Geese
Gallows
Sheep
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Couples
Dwellings
Foxes
Farmyards
Geese
Gallows
Sheep
England > 1770
England > London > 1770

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