Grosvenor Prints

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 1.st 1789, by J. Jones, No. 63, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint. 515 x 360mm (20¼ x 14¼"). Margin restored on right. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. From the second of two very similar plates by Jones.
CS: 29. Hamilton p.29, one state only.
[Ref: 60737] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rt. Hon.ble Cha.s James Fox. Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department &c.&c.&c.
Engraved by Cha.s Turner from an original Drawing in the possession of the Hon.ble Mrs. Fox to whom by permission this Print is dedicated by her respectful & obliged humble Serv.t Rob.t Cribb.
London Published, May 1st. 1806, by Robert Cribb. No.288 Holborn.
Mezzotint and engraving, fine impression. 355 x 254mm (14 x 10"). Narrow margins.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
Whitman: 204, i.
[Ref: 24769] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox] A Bear and his Leader. _ ''what tho' I am Obligated to Dance a Bear, a Man may be a Gentleman for all that. My Bear ever dances to the Genteelest of Tunes''.
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d May 19th 1806, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½").
Fox caricatured as a muzzled bear with a bonnet rouge in its paws, its chain held by William Wyndham Grenville, who carries a 'Cudgel for Disobedient Bears'. Lord Henry Petty, depicted as an ape in the gown of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pulls the bear's tail. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, as a ragged fiddler. Greville says ''don't be afraid of my Bear, Ladies & Gentlemen! I have tamed & muzzled him, & reformed his Habits''. Fox was in fact virtual head of the Coalition Ministry under the nominal leader ship of Grenville, and was conducting peace negotiations with France.
BM Satires 10566.
[Ref: 63380] £480.00

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox. one of the Representatives of the City of Westminster.
London. Published 1. October 1796: by Haines & Son, 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 315 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears. Slightly messy, creasing.
A gently-caricatured portrait of Charles James Fox, speaking in the House of Commons, one hand on his chest, the other holding a copy of the Magna Charta, with the members sitting behind. Unusal design.
[Ref: 61379] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Engraved for the Lady's Magazine.
London Publishd as the Act directs Dec:r 1.1806. by G: Robinson Paternoster Row.
Stipple, with large margins. Plate 165 x 108mm. 6½ x 4¼".
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25326] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honorable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 23. 1796, by J. Jones, No.74, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint. 515 x 360mm (20¼ x 14¼"). Laid on sheet and trimmed.
Three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. The first of two very similar plates by Jones.
Hamilton: p.28; v/v. CS 28: undescribed state. Russell: 29a.
[Ref: 21517] £360.00

[Charles James Fox] Gorgon. This horrid head in antient times was known, / To petrify beholders into stone. / But Pitt the Perseus of the present day, / With patriot zeal has took its pow'r away, / The venom'd heads from him receiv'd no quarter / Or stings that pointed at the India Charter.
Publishd by EHedges N.º 92 Cornhill March 13 1784.
Etching. 235 x 225mm (9¼ x 8¾"), with very large margins.
A caricature of Fox as Medusa, his hair a tangle of snakes with the heads of the Coalition Ministry: North, Stormont, Keppel, Portland, Burke, Derby, John Cavendish, Sheridan and Carlisle.
BM Satires 6450.
[Ref: 63626] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Charles James Fox, &c. &c. &c.
Engraved by Jn.o Young Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales from a Bust. Modelled after Life by J. Nollekins R.A. From a Drawing by G.A. Kemon.
London, Published Jan.y 1.st 1808, by the Engraver, No.65, Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Plate 507 x 355mm. 20 x 14".
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
[Ref: 27800] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Drawn from the most minute observation. An Exact representation of the Car, that conveyed the remains of the R.t Hon.ble Cha.s Ja.s Fox, Oct.r 10.th 1806_respectfully dedicated to the Electors of Westmin.r & the Noblemen & Gentlemen of the Wig Club.
Pub.d Oct.r 19.th 1806 by A. Beugo Maiden Lane, Cov.t Garden.
Very rare aquatint. 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed into image at top.
A representation of the funeral car of politician Charles James Fox (1749-1806), which was drawn by six horses.
[Ref: 27802] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Fox. Membre du Parlement Dangletterre.
A Paris Rue St Jacques N.o 195.
Stipple. 195 x 130mm (7¾ x 5¼"), with very large margins.
Oval portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence, drawn and engraved by François Bonneville.
[Ref: 39899] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Original Macaroni. Tom Fool the First. V.3. 8.
Pub accor to Act by MDarly Strand ay 20th. 1772
Etching, paper watermarked. Plate 178 x 128mm (7 x 5").
Caricature portrait of a man in profile walking to the right, grotesquely dressed, probably for a masquerade. In his right hand he holds a rod to each end of which is slung a fox's tail. A large fox's tail hands from the back of his neck. A bell hands outwards from the back of his waist. A ribbon flutters from his right arm. He wears a small cap with a tuft of feathers at the top. Rows of feathers (quills) or ribbons hang from his cap, his waist, and from the tops of his stockings which leans his knees bare. Representation of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the Radical Whig politician, whose opposition to the power of the monarchy meant that he was out of favour with George III, and consequently allied to the Prince of Wales.
BM Satires: 5010.
[Ref: 38229] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox] The E.O. Table.
[London: Rambler's Magazine, 1783.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4"). Mounted in album paper at edges.
Charles James Fox and Frederick North hold hands while playing E.O. (an early variant of roulette). North says 'This is better that Dealing in Whipcord'. A satire on Pitt's 'Bill for Reform of Abuses in Public Offices', which highlighted the waste of stationery in the Treasury under North, with the bill for whipcord in 1781 being £340.
BM Satires 6254.
[Ref: 64196] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

While Tully's sense its weight to you affords, His nervous sweetness shall adorn your words What praise to Pitt, to Townshend, e'er was due In future times, my Fox, shall wait on you. Page 22. [Open books to left in Greek; to right reads: Ciceronis Opera.]
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple. Plate 215 x 140mm. 8½ x 5½".
The words were spoken at Eton, by Lord Carlisle, who, with other friends, anticipated the future powers and efforts of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
O'Donoghue: 53.
[Ref: 24374] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Republican-Hercules defending his Country.
J.s G.y inv & fec.t.
Pub.d Feb.y 19th 1797 by H.Humphrey, Bond Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting Charles James Fox as a colossal Hercules, hairy and savage, bestrides the English Channel, supporting between the toes of his right foot the flag of 'Libertas'; his left foot is planted near a castle on a cliff flying the Union Jack. He wears a fox's skin over his shoulders, the head forming a cap, with a ragged coat and breeches. His arms and legs are bare; the large brush of his fox's skin almost sweeps the Channel. He flourishes his 'Whig-Club' above his head, saying, "Invade the Country, hay? - let them come, - thats all! - Zounds, where are they? - I wish I could see 'em here, thats all! - ay! ay! only let them come, - that's all!!!" The channel is filled with a fleet of men-of-war with ship's boats in the foreground, all making from France to England, and drawn by strings which Fox holds in his left hand.
BM Satire 8987.
[Ref: 66030] £680.00

Mr Fox. Inglese.
in Napoli presso Talani e Gervasi al Gigante No. 37. [n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce stipple. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5¼").
An unusual portrait, published in Naples, of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence.
[Ref: 39838] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Honble. Charles James Fox. Addressing the Electors of Westminster from the Hustings at Covent Garden.
Publish'd Augt. 7. 1802 by I. Hinton, 44, Wells Strt. Oxford Strt. London.
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Margins a little tatty.
Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806), Whig statesman, third son of Henry Fox, and Lady Carloline Georgina Lennox. Here shown on the Hustings in front of St. Paul's Church Covent Garden, campaigning for the Westminster election. On the wall behind him is a notice 'State of the Poll', Fox leading. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
[Ref: 10910] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Charles James Fox [titled pasted on board below image.]
[John Young, after Anton Hickel.]
[n.d. c.1797.]
Proof mezzotint, with hand colour. 305 x 254mm (12 x 10"). Trimmed to image.
Head and shoulders portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years, known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger.
CS: 25. Russell: 25, i.
[Ref: 24869] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox] Pand[e]monium. All these and more cam flocking, but with Looks Downcast and damp [...] Miltons Paradise Lost.
JS [James Sayers] f. plate y.e 4.th.
Published as the Act directs by Thomas Cornell Bruton Street ye 12th January 1784.
Etching, pt 18th century watermark. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Thread margins.
A caricature portrait of Charles James Fox after his dismissal in 1783, surrounded by the heads of his former colleagues. The Milton quote draws comparison with the banishment of Lucifer from Paradise in 'Paradise Lost'.
BM Satires 6372.
[Ref: 64124] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Gavinus Hamilton pinxt. Joseph Strutt, sculpt.
London, Publish'd 1, July, 1794, by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill.
Rare stipple. 352 x 251mm.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
NPG: D18741.
[Ref: 12581] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble. Charles James Fox. Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, 1806.
Drawn by T. Unwins and engraved by H. Meyer, from the Bust of Nollekens.
Published Octr. 3d. 1806, by H. Meyer, 62, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury.
Stipple. 276 x 215mm. Rare.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
[Ref: 12583] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble: Charles James Fox.
Drawn by I.R. Smith. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Publish'd Octr. 13. 1806, by S.W. Reynolds, 47, Poland Street.
Very fine stipple. Plate 422 x 306mm. Sheet 593 x 440mm. Some tears in the margins.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
NPG: D18432. Whitman 93 between I & II.
[Ref: 12584] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Fox. Ministre d'Angleterre.
Dessiné par C.N. Cochin. Gravé par S.C. Miger.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate: 150 x 215mm, (6 x 8½"), with very large margins. Slight diagonal crease through bottom left corner of plate.
A portrait in an oval of British Whig politician Charles James Fox (1749-1806) a staunch opponent of George III but supporter of the American Patriots during the American Revolution and the French during the French Revolution.
[Ref: 41616] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Carlo Fox. Ministro Inglese.
G.B. Bosio dis. G.A. Sasso inc.
[Italian, c.1800.]
Engraving. 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 3½"), with very large margins.
An unusual Italian portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence.
[Ref: 39837] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox] A Bear and his Leader. _ ''what tho' I am Obligated to Dance a Bear, a Man may be a Gentleman for all that. My Bear ever dances to the Genteelest of Tunes''.
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d May 19th 1806, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate, long tear taped on left, mounted on album paper.
Fox caricatured as a muzzled bear with a bonnet rouge in its paws, its chain held by William Wyndham Grenville, who carries a 'Cudgel for Disobedient Bears'. Lord Henry Petty, depicted as an ape in the gown of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pulls the bear's tail. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, as a ragged fiddler. Greville says ''don't be afraid of my Bear, Ladies & Gentlemen! I have tamed & muzzled him, & reformed his Habits''. Fox was in fact virtual head of the Coalition Ministry under the nominal leader ship of Grenville, and was conducting peace negotiations with France.
BM Satires 10566.
[Ref: 63381] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 1.st 1784, by J. Jones, No. 63, Great Portland Street, Marylebone, and Mr, austin, Drawing Master, Knightsbridge.
Mezzotint. 500 x 350mm. (19¾ x 13¾"). Large margins. Unexamined out of frame.
Three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence.
CS: 28.
[Ref: 30012] £750.00

Carlo Giacomo Fox.
C. Lasinio dis: e inc.
In Firenze Appo. Pagni e Bardi.
Stipple. 220 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"), with very large margins. Uncut.
An unusual portrait, published in Florence, of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence.
[Ref: 39835] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Charles James Fox.
Sardi inc.
Pubblicato in Venezia a spese di Catterin Aglietti e Compi. [n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. 130 x 110mm (5¼ x 4½"). Thread margins.
An unusual portrait, published in Venice, of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence.
[Ref: 39836] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A Tribute to the Memory of the Right Hon.ble Cha.s Ja.s Fox, Secretary of State, &c. &c.
W.M. Craig sculp.t.
Printed for Edward Orme, Engraver, Printseller to the King and Royal Family, Bond Street, Corner of Brook Street; by J. Nichols, Earl's Court, Soho, and Sold by all the Booksellers.
Stipple. 195 x 130mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Creases where folded.
A separately-published memorial to Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence.
[Ref: 39903] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox.] [quotation in Greek.]
T. Day del.t. J. Jones fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, Feby 5th 1787, by J. Jones, No 63, Great Portland Street.]
Stipple, sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed, losing publication line; good impression.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and a vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and as a staunch opponent of George III, Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then leading the opposition. He strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries. Stipple engraving after the little-known miniaturist Thomas Day, who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1772 and 1778. Probably published as a pendant to a portrait of Edmund Burke (see ref. 40559).
O'D 10. Ex Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40559] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox] Habits of New French Legislators, and other Public Functionaries, No 1. Le Ministre d'Etat, en Grand Costume.
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Small margins.
Charles James Fox in the costume of a Revolutionary Minister of State, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). He stands with hands on hips on a Royal Crest, legs astride, wearing a looped hat with large ostrich feathers, long loose coat with a lace collar and long revers over a tunic with a sash which defines his vast paunch. One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9196.
[Ref: 59139] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox & Frederick North] The Cole-Heavers. ''Two virtuous Elves, / Taking care of themselves''.
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d April 16th 1783 by W. Humphrey, N.o 226, Strand.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 315mm (9¼ x 12½"). Trimmed to image on three sides.
A scruffily-dressed Charles James Fox, with a fox's head and brush, holds open a sack marked 'For Private Use' for Frederick North to shovel guineas into. Empty sacks hang on a wall under a scroll reading 'For the Use of the Publick'. In April North returned to power as Home Secretary in an unlikely coalition with Fox, the radical Whig leader, only lasting to December. 'Cole' was slang for gold or money.
BM Satires 6213.
[Ref: 61043] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox] John Bull's first Visit to his Old Friend the New Secretary.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d March 3d 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed inside printed border, small nicks in edges, creased.
John Bull, a stout shock-headed countryman in a smock, visits Fox, who stands warily, hiding behind his back a paper, 'Treaty for carrying on the War'. Fox had just become Foreign Secretary in Grenville's ''Ministry of All the Talents'' after years in the political wilderness. He was challenged on his attitude to the Union, which he had recently called 'one of the most disgraceful [acts] that ever happened to that country'. He answered that his opinion remained the same, 'But it did not follow, that, because a man had felt that a particular measure . . . had been exceptionable, he was therefore bound to undo it'.
BM Satires 10539.
[Ref: 58377] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox.] le Diable-Boiteux, _ or _ The Devil upon Two Sticks, conveying John Bull to the Land of Promise. _ Vide le Sage.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
Publishd Feb.y 8t.h 1806 - by H. Humphrey - 27 St James s Street London.
Coloured etching. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Tear taped, staining.
Charles James Fox is depicted as the Devil, with wings marked 'Honesty' and 'Humility', cloven hoofs, crutches with the heads of Sidmouth and Grenville, a bonnet rouge with the Prince of Wales' feathers and a cape marked 'Loyalty, Independence and Public-Good'. He propels himself over the skyline of London towards a Carleton House (home of the Prince) in the clouds. In front of the house are three scenes: 'Liberty', with Sheridan and the Prince gambling with dice; 'Chastity', with the Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert embracing on a sofa; and 'Temperance', with men drinking to excess. A fat 'cit' John Bull hitches a ride, clutching fox's cape. A satire on the allegation that the new Ministry was subservient to the Prince of Wales, not the King.
BM Satires 10525.
[Ref: 63382] £380.00

Charles James Fox.
Ant. Hickel pinx. Jos. Selb del.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Very scarce lithograph. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Paper toned, with surface soiling.
A reversed detail of the seated portrait of Fox by Karl Anton Hickel (painted 1794, now in the National Portrait Gallery).
See NPG 743.
[Ref: 60251] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Charles James Fox.
Painted by J.R. Smith, 1802. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Plate 1.st of a Series of Portraits. Published by S.W. Reynolds, 47 Poland Street, London, 1802.
Mezzotint, sheet 645 x 460mm (25¼ x 18"). Trimmed to platemark; four repaired tears to title area. Collector's stamp of H.E. Bunbury (1778-860) verso.
Large full-length portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), British Whig statesman, seated in his study, his left hand holding his specatacles and resting on a document about the Glorious Revolution ('Revolu [...] 1688') with a pamphlet titled 'Principles of the Whigs' nearby. This impression formerly owned by Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, seventh baronet (1778-1860), military officer and son of the prominent caricaturist Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811). In addition to a successful military career Bunbury collected fossils and old Italian manuscripts (he served in southern Italy and Sicily, 1805-9) and acquired a fine library and art collection. Bunbury's admiration for Fox was demonstrated by his decision to name one of his sons Charles James Fox Bunbury!
L.1305. Whitman: I of IV.
[Ref: 46782] £420.00

Visiting the Sick.
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d July 28th 1806 by H.Humphrey 27 St James Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting Charles James Fox surrounded by exaggerated figures from politics and society. He lies in a grand chair, rejecting religious and political advice in favor of a drink. Mrs. Fitzherbert urges confession, while Bishop O’Beirne begs for Catholic emancipation. The Prince of Wales calls for wine, mocking spiritual remedies. Richard Brinsley Sheridan scoffs at reform, and other politicians mourn theatrically or plot their next move. The Grenvilles and Sidmouth coldly prepare to take over. Around Fox are symbols of political failure; broken dice and a urinal marked "Peace Negotiations" highlighting the chaos and opportunism surrounding his death.
BM Satire 10589.
[Ref: 66027] £580.00

John Bulls Watchman Neglecting his duty!!!
[Engraved by John Cawse & F. Sansom (the speech bubbles only)]
Publish.d by S W Fores Piccad Jan.y 1.st 1800.
Fine coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in top edge.
Pitt, Dundas, Greville and George Rose(?) in a mask leave the Treasury with sacks of gold, sneaking past a sleeping Charles James Fox and a muzzled mastiff with the face of Sheridan.
BM Satires 9508.
[Ref: 60797] £380.00

[Charles James Fox & Frederick North] The Cole-Heavers. ''Two virtuous Elves, / Taking care of themselves''.
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d April 16th 1783 by W. Humphrey, N.o 226, Strand.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 330mm (9½ x 13"). Trimmed within plate.
A scruffily-dressed Charles James Fox, with a fox's head and brush, holds open a sack marked 'For Private Use' for Frederick North to shovel guineas into. Empty sacks hang on a wall under a scroll reading 'For the Use of the Publick'. In April North returned to power as Home Secretary in an unlikely coalition with Fox, the radical Whig leader, only lasting to December. 'Cole' was slang for gold or money.
BM Satires 6213.
[Ref: 60795] £680.00

[Charles James Fox] An Old Fox caught at last!!
[by Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub. March 29 1804 by S.W. Fores, N Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), watermarked 'Stage 1798'. Narrow margins.
Fox crawls into a rectangular 'New Opposition Trap', tempted by grapes, venison, champagne & 'Carlisle Bait' (for Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle), watched by Grenville, Sheridan and Windham.
BM Satires 10234.
[Ref: 56024] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.able Charles James Fox. Etat 57.
Abbett Esq.r Pinx.t. W.B. Sculp [Engraved by William Barnard after Lemuel Francis Abbott.]
Published Oct.r 10 1806, W.m Barnard, N.º, Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Trimmed to plate. Tear in title.
A half-length portrait of Charles James Fox, holding a paper 'Articles and Preliminaries 1806 Peace', the volumes of his History of England behind. Published less than a month after Fox's death.
CS 5.
[Ref: 65261] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
R. Bowyer Pinx.t. W. Bromley Sculp.t.
Pub. by Rob.t Bowyer, No 80 Pall Mall, Jan.y 2 1815.
Engraving, title in open letters. 725 x 480mm (28½ x 19"). Narrow margins. Repair at bottom edge.
Full length portrait of Fox, arm resting on a book.
[Ref: 49832] £380.00

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Ant: Hickel. Engraved by J.G. Huck.
[n.d., c.1793.]
Rare mezzotint. 490 x 385mm (19¼ x 15¼"), large margins. Spotting and stains.
A three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), on a bench in an ornamental park, papers in hand. The original oil painting by Karl Anton Hickel, painted 1794, is in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 743. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66649] £480.00

The Coalition Garland. Or The State Sweeps.
[William Dent.] Deling'd by Longheads. Executed by Broad bottoms.
Pub.d. June 3, 1783, by W.Dent, No.116 Strand.
Etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾").
A satirical print depicting Frederick North (1732 - 1792) and Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) as chimney-sweeps, each holding a shovel and brush, caper in front of a pyramid on a circular base, inscribed "Ways & Means". The pyramid is formed of three fish whose heads converge and are surmounted by a crown.
BM 6240.
[Ref: 66265] £360.00

The Hustings. Vox populi,_ "We'll have a Mug!_ a Mug!_ a Mug!_
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 21st 1796 by H.Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed close to plate.
A satirical scene depicting Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) addressing a proletarian mob from some point apparently under the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden.
BM 8804.
[Ref: 66273] £360.00

"Crumbs of Comfort." or-old-orthodox, restoring consolation to his fallen children.
[James Gillray]
[n.d. c.1782]
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'Fellows [1811?]'. Some surface dirt and staining.
Satire on Charles James Fox's (1749-1806) resignation. On a clouded mountaintop, the Devil stands between Fox and Burke (1729-97), wings outstretched. He appears as a stout man in contemporary dress with a legal wig, bands, horns, taloned toes protruding from boots, a beard, and moustache. Fox, depicted with a fox’s head, eagerly accepts a dice-box and dice from the Devil. Burke, in spectacles, kneels to receive a scourge and rosary, hinting at his alleged hidden Catholicism. A dark halo surrounds the Devil’s head, emphasizing his dominance over the pair.
BM Satires 6027.
[Ref: 66902] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble Cha.s James Fox. Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department.
London Published May 1st 1806, by R.Cribb, Nº288 Holborn.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Portrait of Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806), English Whig politician and statesman. Fox became a prominent and staunch opponent of King George III, whom he regarded as an aspiring tyrant. He supported the American Patriots and even dressed in the colours of George Washington's army.
W204 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67239] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Fox And The Bust.
[Attributed to George Townley Stubbs]
Pub.d Aug.t 2 1786 by W, S, Fores at the Caricature Ware-house N.o 3 Piccadilly.
Rare hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), depicted as a fox, sculpts a bust of the Prince of Wales (1762-1830), remarking "What a goodly figure this makes! What a pity that it should want brains. Æsop’s Fable." His mallet and chisels lie on the ground. Nearby are a kneeling female figure, resembling Mrs. Fitzherbert, and a laurel-crowned head statue, possibly Hanger or Æsop.
BM Satires 6971. Lennox-Boyd 1989 p.374.
[Ref: 67368] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Departure.
Etch'd by T Rowlandson.
Published by W. Humphrey. [n.d c.1784]
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark, Collector's Mark verso; 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), large margins on 3 sides. Small top margin. Foxing.
Satire on Charles James Fox (1749-1806) retiring 'to Coventry' on account of the threatened scrutiny. Fox, seated on a donkey with his India Bill beneath the saddle, bids farewell to the Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) and Lady Duncannon (1761-1821), clasping a hand of each. The Duchess offers him a fox’s brush, saying, ''Farewell my Charley—let no fears assail, For sure no Fox had e’er so fine a tail.'' Fox replies, ''If that a scrutiny at last takes place, I can’t tell how ’twill be, & please your grace, But ladies, for your friendship & good will, My bushy tail is at your service still.'' Lady Duncannon laments, ''Ah! Sister, sister, must he then depart, To lose poor Reynard almost breaks my heart.'' Nearby, Burke (1729-97) appears as a post-boy with his ‘Plan of Economy,’ while the Prince of Wales (1762-1830) watches from Carlton House. A signpost points ‘To Coventry.’
BM Satires 6563.
[Ref: 67370] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox. Member of Parliament for the City of Westminster.
Published 4.th April 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Very rare mezzotint, sheet 350 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed losing title, however restored, laid on archival paper.
Full-length lightly caricatured portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806) holding up his fist with a scroll reading, 'Magna Carta,' in his other hand clutching his hat and gloves. Fox was an English Whig politician and statesman. He became a prominent and staunch opponent of King George III, whom he regarded as an aspiring tyrant. He supported the American Patriots and even dressed in the colours of George Washington's army.
Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68916] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox.] The Case is Altered.
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pub April 29. 1784 by J. Hedges Royal Exchange.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate, some spotting.
Fox drives Sir Cecil Wray in 'The Lincoln shire Caravan for Paupers', watched by Samuel Hood. Fox says "I will drive you to Lincoln where you may Superintend the Small beer & brick dust". Against expectations, Fox beat Wray in the 1784 Westminster Election. Hood was the third candidate.
BM Satires 6562, a reposte to BM Satires 6456. Grego I 132-3
[Ref: 62055] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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