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.
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and soft-ground etching, published 15 March 1801
NPG D12758
'Preliminaries of peace! - or - John Bull, and his little friends "marching to Paris"'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 October 1801
NPG D12768
'Political dreamings! - Visions of peace! - Perspective horrors!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1801
NPG D12769
'Preparing for the grand attack, - or - a private rehearsal of "The ci-devant ministry in danger"'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 4 December 1801
NPG D12774
by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after John Raphael Smith
mezzotint, published 1802 (1802)
NPG D48646
'Introduction of Citizen Volpone and his suite, at Paris'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 15 November 1802
NPG D12794
'The nursery, with Britannia reposing in peace'
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 4 December 1802
NPG D12795
'A phantasmagoria; - scene - conjuring-up an armed-skeleton'
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 5 January 1803
NPG D12799
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1803
NPG D12803
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1803
NPG D12807
'Achitophel an old jew scribe lately turned Greek'
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 11 July 1804
NPG D12263
'The state waggoner, and John Bull - or - the waggon too much for the donkeys!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1804
NPG D12829
'Britannia between death and the doctor's'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1804
NPG D12830
storming Heaven; - with, the gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 1 May 1804
NPG D13106
'L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand cooperation meeting at St Ann's Hill'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 June 1804
NPG D13107
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 7 August 1804
NPG D13108
by Henry Bone, after John Opie
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, September 1805 (1804)
NPG D17343
by Henry Bone, after John Opie
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, July 1805 (1804)
NPG D17383
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 26 June 1805
NPG D12264
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 7 January 1805
NPG D12839
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