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Caricaturists thrive when their targets are visually distinctive. Gillray received a gift in Pitt and Fox, as not only could both be easily caricatured, but their appearances contrasted strongly with each other. The contrast is most effectively seen in prints in which they both appear, such as 'A Smoking Club' (D12470) and 'Bank-notes, - paper-money, - French-alarmists...' (D12601), when the fair, exaggeratedly slender figure of Pitt is contrasted with the portly, dark and unshaven Fox. A series of prints appeared in the early 1790s in which Gillray appeared to be playing with Pitt's shape. These include 'An excrescence; - a fungus; - alias - a toad-stool upon a dung-hill' (D12435), and 'A sphere, projecting against a plane' (D12438).

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'The tree of liberty must be planted immediately!', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12598

'The tree of liberty must be planted immediately!'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 February 1797
NPG D12598

Charles James Fox ('The Republican-Hercules defending his country'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12599

Charles James Fox ('The Republican-Hercules defending his country')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 19 February 1797
NPG D12599

'Midas, transmuting all, into paper', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12603

'Midas, transmuting all, into paper'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 March 1797
NPG D12603

'The Esplanade', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12615

'The Esplanade'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 June 1797
NPG D12615

Charles James Fox ('Le coup de maitre'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12625

Charles James Fox ('Le coup de maitre')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 November 1797
NPG D12625

William Pitt ('Political-ravishment, or the old lady of Treadneedle-Street in danger!'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13029

William Pitt ('Political-ravishment, or the old lady of Treadneedle-Street in danger!')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 May 1797
NPG D13029

Charles James Fox ('Le Ministre d'Etat, en grand costume'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12635

Charles James Fox ('Le Ministre d'Etat, en grand costume')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 April 1798
NPG D12635

'Shrine at St Ann's Hill', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12650

'Shrine at St Ann's Hill'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured aquatint, published 26 May 1798
NPG D12650

'Stealing off; - or - prudent secession', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12665

'Stealing off; - or - prudent secession'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 6 November 1798
NPG D12665

'Two pair of portraits', by James Gillray, published by  John Wright - NPG D12669

'Two pair of portraits'

by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 1 December 1798
NPG D12669

Charles James Fox ('Hercules reposing'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12686

Charles James Fox ('Hercules reposing')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and soft-ground etching, published 7 May 1799
NPG D12686

'The worn-out patriot; - or - the last dying speech of the Westminster representative', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12742

'The worn-out patriot; - or - the last dying speech of the Westminster representative'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 October 1800
NPG D12742

'Visiting the sick', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12871

'Visiting the sick'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 28 July 1806
NPG D12871