An obese man with fox's head, holding a sheet of paper inscribed "On the Freedom of Election," is facing his very thin opponent with a hound's head holding a sheet inscribed "Services done in America." They represent, respectively, Charles James Fox, and Thomas Pelham, Lord Lincoln, the latter supported by the court
Alternative Title:
Fox and Hound and Rival candidates
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1752-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Foxes, Dogs, and Clothing & dress
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Publication statement etched as part of design.
Publisher:
Publishd by some body in [the] caracter of no body one of [the] minority
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd accg to act. Feby. 17, 1780 by D. Long
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"Caricature portrait of Francis Seymour Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, half-length in profile to the right, his hair or wig receding from his forehead is in a dark bag; wearing the ribbon and star of the Garter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794
Title from contemporary annotation on Lewis Walpole Library impression: Sitter identified as "Ldy. Cecilia Johnstone" in mss. inscription on verso. and Printmaker, title, and imprint from later statet. Cf. No. 5748 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
"Caricature head of Lord Kelly in profile to the right. He is bending forward, his face bloated and pimpled, his lank and scanty hair in a black bag."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and LWL 780.06.01.04: Subject identified as "Ld. North" in contemporary ms. hand, possibly Horace Walpole's hand.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Kelly, Thomas Alexander Erskine, Earl of, 1732-1781, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.