Geese triumphant, or, Fox in the dumps [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Publish'd Feb. 26th, 1784 as the act directs by S. Neele, 352 near Exeter Change Strand
[26 February 1784]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching ; sheet 15 x 19 cm.

Notes:

Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.

Abstract:

Charles Fox, with a fox's body, sits on the ground facing a building inscribed, "The Treasury," with the entrance signed, "Back door." He laments the loss of power and his inability to "get oer this mighty Pit [i.e., William Pitt]" shown as a large oval hole in the ground in front of him. Six geese stand on the other side of the 'pit' ridiculing him. A reference to the struggle between Pitt and Fox in Parliament prior to its dissolution.

Variant Titles:

Fox in the dumps

Associated Names:

Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824 [Publisher]

Topics:

Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Foxes
Geese
Nooses

Topics:

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

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1784
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1784

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

784.02.26.01

Orbis Record:

6974380

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05414

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10727421

PID:

digcoll:947418