Two separate images illustrate Charles Fox's contrasting political pronouncements. On the left, "in private," Fox, with fox's head, is sitting in front of a fireplace in which "An Essay on Politic Sperit [sic]" is being consumed by flames while Fox points to a large document, his political creed, spread on the table to his right. From his coat's pocket sticks out "A Panegyric on Lord North." In the foreground, a monkey plays with a pamphlet "The tru[e] principle of the Constitut[ion]," next to a bundle of books comprising MacCauley's, Locke's and Sydney's works, marked "To Be Sold." On the right, "in publick," Fox, standing on a platform and cheered by a large crowd, including 'Sir' Jeffrey Dunstan, advocates views opposed to those in his creed on the left
Alternative Title:
Vox populi in publick and Vox populi in public
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., A re-issue of the plate first published by T. Cornell. Cf. No. 6207 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted to 29 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Crowds, Books, Fireplaces, Monkeys, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
Featured within a leafy frame is a scene of a mountain beneath a partly sunny sky and additionally framed by a pine tree. In the forefront below are several books, a microscope, and a skull. Above the entire image is the motto √úber allen Gipseln ist Ruh.
Surrounding the title text is a border consisting namely of flowers, vines, and a lone, open book. Beneath the title text is a list of names that include Elias Hudson Bartley, Herman Philip Bender, William Browning, William Frederick Dudley, Henry Arnold Fairbairn, Jacob Fuhs, Albert Martin Judd, David Fletcher Lucas, George MacNaughton, Lewis Stephen Pilcher, Frank Eliot West, Walter Childs Woods.
At the top center is a caduceus, with a pair of cherubs from the upper corners of the plate blowing at the clouds below. Beneath is a scene with mountains and a body of water in the center. In the foreground is a locomotive is pulling a rail car. Below this can be seen a shelf with books and a pair of wings in the center.
Subject (Name):
Ordway, William Herbert, Jr., 1889-
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Mountains, Nature, Physicians, Shield, Snakes, Train, Trains, and Yale Medical Library
At the center of the plate, framed by a striped border, is a view of some distant mountains reflected in a large body of water, with a partly cloudy sky above. In the lower center is a locomotive pulling a single rail car with "W. & J. R. R." on its side. Beneath the tracks are several books flanking a pair of wings atop a torse. In the upper corners of the image border are two cherubs depicting the wind; at center is a caduceus. On both left and right-hand sides, at center, are two rabbits each dressed up and protruding from a top hat, brandishing a magic wand. At the bottom is a banner with the title text. The initials "W. H. C." can be seen in the lower right-hand corner.
Subject (Name):
Ordway, William Herbert, Jr., 1889-
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Mountains, Nature, Physicians, Trains, and Yale Medical Library
In the foreground, above a banner with the title text imprinted upon it, are two books, a stethoscope, and a corked bottle. In the background is the silhouette of a bridge spanning a body of water, a castle, and a large, steepled building rising above a city.
At the center is an elaborate border featuring branches of leaves and buds. Within the border, surrounding the phrase Ex Libris, is a lit lantern upon a book, as well as a caduceus. Beneath this, under the title text, are several books, in addition to a quill pen and an inkwell. In the background is a shelf of several taller books, as well as a carved mantelpiece.
