print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.4931
- Title
- Object: A coalition of parties
- Description
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North (left) and Fox (right) hanging back to back, each in a noose, from a stout post. At the top of the post is a large oval shield (?) with a double St. George's cross. Nails are fixed in the shield, and to these the ropes are attached. North's arms hang limply at his side; Fox's hands are clasped, he has a fox's head. Beneath the title is engraved, "Give Justice her claims". A freely sketched landscape with clouds forms the background. 28 February 1783
Etching
- Production date
- 1783
- Dimensions
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Height: 349 millimetres
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Width: 233 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935)
See BMSat 6176, 6177, also satires on the joint attack of North and the Foxites on the Peace terms which revealed the Coalition.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.4931