Charles James Fox
(1749-1806), Whig statesmanMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 313 portraits
Charles James Fox led the Whig political party and was close friend of George, Prince of Wales. Reckless in politics as at the gaming tables, Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North but soon switched sides leading the opposition through a long political life. Fox supported parliamentary reform in England, independence for America and limited autonomy for Ireland. These causes reflected Whig ideals of liberty and reform. A supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
'Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro'
by James Sayers, published by Edward Hedges
etching, published 17 March 1783
NPG D9565
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 5 May 1783
NPG D9567
'The mask' (Charles James Fox; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford)
by James Sayers, published by H. Bretherton
etching and stipple engraving, published 21 May 1783
NPG D9570
Charles James Fox ('A transfer of East India stock')
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 25 November 1783
NPG D9747
'Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 5 December 1783
NPG D9748
'Razor's levée, or ye heads of a new Whig ad...........n on a broad bottom'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 21 April 1783
NPG D12233
'Paridise regain'd' (King George IV; Charles James Fox; Mary Robinson (née Darby))
probably by James Gillray, published by J. Langham
hand-coloured etching, published 20 February 1783
NPG D12329
'Neithe[r] war nor peace!' (Charles James Fox; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Edmund Burke)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 9 March 1783
NPG D12331
'A warm birth for the old administration'
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 2 April 1783
NPG D12332
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 April 1783
NPG D12333
'Coalition dance' (Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Charles James Fox; Edmund Burke)
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 April 1783
NPG D12334
'The cole-heavers' (Charles James Fox; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford)
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 April 1783
NPG D12337
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 April 1783
NPG D12338
'The Rt Honble catch singers' (Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Charles James Fox)
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1783
NPG D12339
'A block for the wigs - or, the new state whirligig'
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 May 1783
NPG D12340
by John Boyne, published by Edward Hedges
etching, published 22 December 1783
NPG D12343
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 20 March 1783
NPG D12345
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 April 1783
NPG D12990
'The coalition' (Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Charles James Fox)
by James Gillray, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 April 1783
NPG D12991
'A sun setting in a fog; with the old Hanover hack descending' (Charles James Fox; King George III)
by James Gillray, possibly published by John Williams
hand-coloured etching, published 3 June 1783
NPG D12992
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