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.
Charles James Fox ('Ahitophel in the dumps')
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
etching, published 30 July 1785
NPG D12351
'Westminster school. or - Dr Busby settling accounts with Master-Billy and his playmates'
by James Gillray, published by James Ridgway
hand-coloured etching, published 4 February 1785
NPG D12993
'A whisper across the channel' (Charles James Fox; Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 1 August 1785
NPG D15279
'The political-banditti assailing the saviour of India'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 11 May 1786
NPG D1360
'The rise of the stocks' (Charles James Fox; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 29 May 1786
NPG D9574
'A ministerial fact; or, a squib of the first day' (Charles James Fox; King George III)
by Unknown artist, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 2 August 1786
NPG D12318
'Wife & no wife - or - a trip to the Continent'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 27 March 1786
NPG D13066
'A shot at the min....r for a call of the House'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 6 February 1787
NPG D9545
Charles James Fox ('The chamber of commerce or l'assemblée des not-ables anglois')
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 14 February 1787
NPG D12241
'Anticipation, or the approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 1787?
NPG D12356
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
NPG D12362
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
NPG D12363
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 June 1787
NPG D12365
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 21 May 1787
NPG D12994
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D13060
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D14861
'The princess's bow alias the Bow Begum'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 1 May 1788
NPG D9573
'Oppositions attempt to raise the dead'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 17 March 1788
NPG D12240
by James Sayers
etching, 1788?
NPG D12245
by James Sayers
etching, published February 1788
NPG D12246
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
soft-ground etching, published 11 April 1788
NPG D12247
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 31 March 1788
NPG D12248
'There's more ways than one' (Charles James Fox; William Pitt; Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 February 1788
NPG D12373
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 27 April 1788
NPG D12376
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
NPG D12377
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1788
NPG D12381
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
NPG D12382
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
NPG D12384
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 July 1788
NPG D12385
'Mason, the Duke's confectioner, disposing of the trinkets'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 21 July 1788
NPG D12386
'Blood and co., setting fire to the tower, and stealing the crown'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 26 July 1788
NPG D12387
'Harry Jenkins, the masculine and feminine bellows mender'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 July 1788
NPG D12388
'King Henry IVth the last scene'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 29 November 1788
NPG D12391
'Impeachment ticket. For the trial of W-rr-n H-st-ngs Esqr'
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, circa February 1788
NPG D12943
'The royal joke, - or - black jacks delight'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 25 April 1788
NPG D12996
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
NPG D12998
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
NPG D13065
'A mis-fire at the Constitution' (Charles James Fox; Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 12 January 1789
NPG D9541
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 18 February 1789
NPG D12251
'The Regency twelfth cake not cut up'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 19 February 1789
NPG D12252
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