Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. XXII and No. XXIII, of Anne Frédérique Heinel, 1753-1808, and Charles James Fox
Alternative Title:
Young cub and Madame Heinel
Description:
Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 5 (1773), page 401. and Mounted on one support together with four pages of text for which this print was an illustration; mounted to 21 x 28 cm.
Bust portrait of Fox in an oval frame, head turned left. Below the portrait, bordered by a draped cloth is a scene -- a representation of the opposition and a hostile account of Fox and the Holland family, in front of Westminster Hall. In the center of the scene, a statue of a headless king holding an orb stands on a rectangular pedestal inscribed with the words "Magna carta". A satyr (left) is breaking the sceptre across his knee, the king's head on the ground beside him. A man with ass's ears raises a pickaxt to strike the pedestal. To the right of the statue a dishevelled woman holds the staff and cap of liberty. Another man (popular rage) with a raised club is about to strike the statute
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Charles James Fox
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., and Later state, with a change in title. Cf. No. 5836 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 675); head and shoulders to front, facing and eyes to right, wearing plain coat and frill; curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Charles James Fox
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in opposite page 210 (leaf numbered '23' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published April 2, 1812, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[13 October 1806]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, seated full-length in a chair by a writing table, holding his spectacles and a brief; state after addition of books on and beneath the table and against the chair, and replacement of shelves of books with distant trees in the background on right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Charles James Fox
Description:
Title etched below image., "Smaller version in stipple of the image described by Whitman for state II, with slight alterations, e.g. in the shape of the books under the table; the publication date is the same, but the lettering is different, and an engraved border has been added"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,1113.110., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum., Cf. Whitman, A. Samuel William Reynolds, 93.II., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 272 (leaf numbered '90' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 13, 1806, by S.W. Reynolds, 47, Poland Street
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1792]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 674); standing three-quarter length to front, head turned to face right, with his right hand on papers on table, wearing coat buttoned at chest and his hair powdered; curtain pulled back to reveal pillar and sky behind; state with price, before it was altered to 1s.6d."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Price, 10s.-6d."--Following imprint., and Bound in opposite page 412 (leaf numbered '26' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publishd as the act directs, Novr. 1st, 1792, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, Marylebone
Volume 2, page 88. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Figure identified by manuscript note in a contemporary hand in lower right corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, June 1st, 1794, by J. Jones, No. 74 Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 88. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on page 88 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : crayon manner on laid paper ; sheet 22.3 x 16.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, June 1st, 1794, by J. Jones, No. 74 Great Portland Street
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Parliamentarian, statesman, and leader of the Whig party
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed on mount, lower center: D.B., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., and For further information, consult library staff.
