Gillray (James)

a political satire on the birthday celebrations for Charles James Fox held in January, 1798, at the Crown and Anchor tavern in London, where the Duke of Norfolk stands at the head of a long table to propose a toast, Fox sits to his right facing us, and the Duke of Bedford sits astride a chair with his back to us. A large cheering crowd is assembled behind, representing numerous supporters of the contentious figure, Horne Tooke, and great controversy arose when the Duke of Norfolk compared the crowd of 2000 to the same number who had rallied around George Washington,

etching with unusual but seemingly contemporary hand-colouring, on Whatman wove paper, 355 x 260 mm. (14 x 10 1/4 in), trimmed on or just within the platemark, but outside the border line and all letters, [BM Satires 9168],