War establishment [graphic] / T. Colley fect.

Published/Created:

[London]
Pub. by D. Archery, July th [sic] 1783, St. James's Street
[1783]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 35 cm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 6252

Notes:

Title from item.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.

Abstract:

In an outdoor setting, a bare-chested Lord Thurlow, his judge's wig at his feet, faces a bare-chested Charles Fox in a boxing match over the proposed regulation of the fees of the Exchequer Officers. Rigby's, proposition to exempt him from this new regulation was opposed in Parliament by Fox. The contenders'seconds are Rigby for Thurlow and Sheridan for Fox.

Associated Names:

Colley, Thomas, fl. 1780-1783 [Printmaker]

Topics:

Boxing
Clothing & dress -- England -- 1780-1790
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Wigs

Topics:

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1783
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1783

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

783.07.00.01+

Orbis Record:

6926491

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05217

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10724777

PID:

digcoll:552186