"Napoleon, enthroned, receives the obeisance of Fox and his party. The centre figure is the enormous Mrs. Fox, burlesqued, and full face, who curtsies, fan in hand; her coarse features and patched face indicate Gillray's view of her antecedents, cf. B...
Alternative Title:
Introduction of Citizen Volpone and his suite at Paris
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 15th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady, 1770-1845, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letter from Wilkie asking Lady Holland to accept his gift of "two small and imperfect sketches, made from recollection, on my way back from Falmouth, of the two Portraits by Vandyke, of the Earl of Warwick and the Ea...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady, 1770-1845., Holland family., and Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
Subject (Topic):
Art, Letters, Portrait painting, Watercolor painting, and Social life and customs
