Political affection [art original].

Published/Created:

[England]
April 1784

Physical Description:

1 drawing : pencil ; sheet 23.5 x 35 cm

Notes:

Title and date from graphite pencil inscriptions in image.
Study for the print of the same title, no. 6546 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
With, on the opposite side of the sheet: a drawing for Reynard put to his shifts by the same artist.
On verso of the same sheet is a second drawing. To view other title, search by call number: Drawings R79 no. 3

Abstract:

The Duchess of Devonshire sits nursing a fox at her bare breast; the fox is dressed as a child, its paw on her lap. A child sits to her right crying, arms stretched towards her. On the left a cat licks the face of a dog while ignoring her kitten that crawls beside them. A cradle sits empty in the background (left).

Associated Names:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 [Artist]

Topics:

Breast feeding
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Foxes
Great Britain. Parliament
Infants
Women -- Political activity -- Great Britain
Women in politics -- Great Britain -- 18th century

Language:

English

Genre:

Graphite drawings -- British -- 18th century
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1784

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Drawings R79 no. 3 Box D145

Orbis Record:

7868463

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr31105

Citation:

Thomas Rowlandson, Political Affection. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version of drawing on recto

OID:

11134793

PID:

digcoll:551412