A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].

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Title: A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Williams, John, active 1781-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [3 June 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 3d. 1782, by J. Williams, Strand
Abstract: Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip, is depicted riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil...", a saddle bag labelled "enjoyment" before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Printmaker from earlier state. Cf. No. 6239 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 34 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching with roulette ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic): Horseback riding
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Horseback riding > England > 18th century
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782

Access: Public
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