Gladiator pugnans [graphic] / JS [monogram] f.

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
[17 March 1794]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.2 x 24 cm, on sheet 43 x 34 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8438

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Fifth of the set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."
Temporary local subject terms: Royal arms -- Subscriptions: subscription for Fox -- Boxes: money box.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-6-8.
Mounted to 45 x 35 cm.

Abstract:

Charles James Fox, standing on a pedestal in a posture of a fighting gladiator, strikes the royal arms with his outstretched left arm. In his right hand he holds a dagger hidden under a sheet of paper. Under his feet is a large volume inscribed "Good Ground of Opposi[tion] Subscription Book." On it stands a collection box.

Variant Titles:

Outlines of the opposition collected from the designs of the most capital Jacobin artists.

Associated Names:

Sayers, James, 1748-1823 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817 [Publisher]

Topics:

Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1794
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1794

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

794.03.17.05 Impression 1

Orbis Record:

7975360

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr08236

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10939035

PID:

digcoll:550829