[North whitewashing Fox] [graphic] / Fred. O'Daub fecit.
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [17 March 1783]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching with drypoint and stipple ; plate mark 27.7 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 33 x 25 cm
- Notes:
- Printmaker identified as James Sayers in the British Museum catalogue.
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image. - Abstract:
- Lord North, with an expression of anxious anticipation, applies white paint to Charles Fox's left cheek while Fox, his face inscrutable, descends the last step to the floor of the House of Commons taking North's left hand. A dog looks up at North. The inscription below the design reads, "--Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro, Translated for the Country Gentlemen, "I have found him a warm Friend a fair though formidable Adversary."
- Variant Titles:
- Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro
- Topics:
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Dogs. - Topics:
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Topics:
- Eldon, John Scott,--Earl of,--1751-1838--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hedges, Edward, active 1780-1794, publisher.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sayers, James,--1748-1823--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1783.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1783. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Orbis Record:
- 6792080
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr32974
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6192
- OID:
- 16819298
- PID:
- digcoll:4776516
