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
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