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
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