Ahithophel in the dumps [graphic].

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Title: Ahithophel in the dumps [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Published / Created: 1782 July 30
Copyright Date: [30 July 1782]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Abstract: A satire on the resignation of Charles James Fox, here depicted with a fox's head and riding on a donkey, about to go under a gallows which straddles the road in a country setting.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 29 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782.
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Donkeys.
Gallows.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6015
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 71