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Charles James Fox

Also known as: Charles James Fox; primary name: Fox, Charles James
Details: individual; politician/statesman; British; Male
Life dates: 1749-1806
Biography: Radical Whig politician; his opposition to the power of the monarchy meant that he was out of favour with George III, and consequently allied to the Prince of Wales (the future George IV). Held office only briefly, (1) as foreign secretary in Rockingham's short-lived government of 1782, and (2) as secretary of state in the Duke of Portland's government of 1783-84. Supported the French Revolution in 1789, but by 1804 was instrumental in bringing down the government of Addington who had failed either to preserve the peace or to prepare for Napoleon's threat of invasion.

2,098 related objects

box

Museum number: 1893,0409.29 |
Producer name: BIOG80006 Made by:Thomason & Jones |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Made in:England

box

Museum number: 1910,1013.7

box; snuff-box

Museum number: 1828,1111.1 |
Producer name: Painted by:Duchesne de GisorsAfter:Robert Lefèvre |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

broadside

Museum number: J,4.251 |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

cup; saucer

Museum number: Franks.389 |
Producer name: BIOG77926 Factory of:Sèvres Factory |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Factory in:Sèvres

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1854,0513.347 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1810

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1867,0511.73 |
Producer name: BIOG51159 Drawn by:Charles Williams |
Production date: 1806

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1868,0808.5375 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1784

drawing; album

Museum number: 1867,0413.396-524 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1770-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0709.7 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1891,0511.41 |
Producer name: BIOG26177 Drawn by:Henry Edridge |
Production date: 1769-1821

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1871,0610.750 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1802

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1867,0511.75 |
Producer name: BIOG51159 Drawn by:Charles Williams |
Production date: 1806

drawing; print study; offset

Museum number: 1906,1016.3-15 |
Producer name: BIOG44408 Drawn by:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1784-1785

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1854,0513.375 |
Producer name: BIOG38761 Drawn by:Monogrammist AS |
Production date: 1794-1795

drawing

Museum number: 1974,U.366-383 |
Producer name: Drawn by:George CruikshankDrawn by:William Hone |
Production date: 1810-1878

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1868,0808.5272 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0513.1957 |
Producer name: BIOG21334 After:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1810-1830

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0413.165 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1770-1834

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,1209.370 |
Producer name: BIOG25614 Drawn by:John Doyle (HB) |
Production date: 1830

intaglio

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.537 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.347 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

medal

Museum number: 1947,0607.327 |
Producer name: BIOG111632 Originally retailed by:W Lutwych |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5273 |
Producer name: BIOG117423 Designed by:J Westwood |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4963 |
Producer name: BIOG111632 Originally retailed by:W Lutwych |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5054 |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5276 |
Producer name: BIOG145315 Designed by:Thomas Webb |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1936,0607.1 |
Producer name: BIOG117943 Designed by:Thomas Wyon Senior |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4969 |
Producer name: BIOG111632 Originally retailed by:W Lutwych |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: SSB,245.2 |
Producer name: BIOG111632 Originally retailed by:W Lutwych |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5202 |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5017 |
Producer name: BIOG117459 Designed by:W Whitley |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5141 |
Producer name: BIOG109218 Designed by:John Gregory Hancock |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1906,1103.435 |
Producer name: BIOG117938 Designed by:Peter Wyon |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: BNK,EngM.276 |
Producer name: BIOG117938 Designed by:Peter Wyon |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5280 |
Producer name: BIOG145315 Designed by:Thomas Webb |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4964 |
Producer name: BIOG117943 Designed by:Thomas Wyon Senior |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5275 |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

portrait medallion; cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.45 |
Producer name: Factory of:WedgwoodModelled by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1790-1800 |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Barbers Shop |
Museum number: 1878,0511.825 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Mask |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5006 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:James Bretherton |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: The Right Honble Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1864,0813.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:John YoungAfter:Anton Hickel |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honble Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3624 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PetherAfter:Joseph Nollekens |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1875,0508.512 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Joseph Nollekens |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honourable Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2871 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:John Jones |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: The Right Honble Charles James Fox, &c, &c. &c. |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3604 |
Producer name: Print made by:John YoungAfter:Joseph Nollekens |
Production date: 1808

print

Title: The Right Honble. Charles James Fox |
Museum number: T,8.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:John Raphael Smith |
Production date: 1802-1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honourable Charles James Fox |
Museum number: Q,2.93 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:John Jones |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1875,0710.4090 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottfried ZschochPublished by:Gebrüder Schumann |
Production date: 1800-1833

print

Title: The Most Noble William Robert Duke of Leinster, Marquis of Kildare, Earl of Kildare & Ophaly |
Museum number: 1891,0414.307 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TurnerAfter:Sir Martin Archer Shee |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Portraits of the bellmen in the Wonderful Magazine. |
Museum number: 1873,0809.1569 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: The Right Honble. Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1841,1113.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:John Raphael Smith |
Production date: 1802-1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Honble Chas Jas Fox. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4756 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:John Baldrey |
Production date: 1781

print

Title: The Right Honble. Charles James Fox |
Museum number: T,8.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:John Raphael Smith |
Production date: 1802-1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Charles James Fox |
Museum number: T,8.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IPrint made by:William Ward |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3841 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IPrint made by:William Ward |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: The Right Honourable Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1871,1209.245 |
Producer name: Print made by:John JonesAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Treachery-Treachery-Treachery-!! |
Museum number: 1859,0316.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Boney & the Great State Secretary |
Museum number: 1868,0808.7427 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WilliamsPublished by:Walker |
Production date: 1806

print; satirical print

Title: The kettle hooting the porridge-pot |
Museum number: 1935,0522.4.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:J P Leatherhead |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The two patriotic duchess's on their canvass. |
Museum number: 1851,0901.229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:William Humphrey |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Conversion of Polemon |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2174 |
Producer name: Print made by:James BarryPublished by:James Barry |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The state goose-catcher, or a St James's market-man |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5038 |
Producer name: BIOG149371 Published by:J Barrow |
Production date: 1783

print; satirical print

Title: War establishment. |
Museum number: J,2.126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas ColleyPublished by:Elizabeth Darchery |
Production date: 1783

print; satirical print

Title: Fox's fool. |
Museum number: 1904,0819.718 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Attributed to:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: Spirit of Democracy, or, The Rights of Man maintained |
Museum number: 1988,1001.6 |
Producer name: BIOG25023 Print made by:William Dent |
Production date: 1792

print; satirical print

Title: Two Pair of Portraits |
Museum number: 1983,U.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Wright |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A smoking club. |
Museum number: 1851,0901.636 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Crown & Anchor libel, burnt by the public hangman;- |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6484 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Spanish Rupture. The Monster - The Guardian |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5951 |
Producer name: BIOG25023 Print made by:William Dent |
Production date: 1790

print; satirical print

Title: The fall of Phaeton- the blow up of the Whig club- or the majesty of the people. |
Museum number: 1851,0901.946 |
Producer name: BIOG27543 Published by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1798

print; satirical print

Title: The Brentford Race for the Middlesex Septennial Plate |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5261 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DentPublished by:J Brown |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: The mumping fox or Reynard turn'd beggar. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5348 |
Producer name: BIOG166534 Published by:E Rich |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: The comet |
Museum number: Y,10.115 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Public credit, or, the state idol. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6063 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DentPublished by:James Aitken |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A recruit for opposition from the temple of Britis Outlines of the Opposition in 1795 collected from |
Museum number: Y,10.3.e |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: [The coalition stage coach] |
Museum number: Y,10.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:Thomas Cornell |
Production date: 1783

print; satirical print

Title: The modern punch maker |
Museum number: 1935,0522.12.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac CruikshankPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A hasty sketch of yesterday's business. |
Museum number: Y,10.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SayersPublished by:James Bretherton |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: Presages of the millenium; |
Museum number: 1978,U.913 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankAfter:James Gillray |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The blessings of peace. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4979 |
Producer name: BIOG153354 Published by:M Smith |
Production date: 1783

print; satirical print

Title: The coalition party beating up for recruits |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5055 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print

Title: Frith the madman hurling treason at the king |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5909 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac CruikshankPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Billy's ghost; or, seasonable admonition. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.7423 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WilliamsPublished by:William Holland |
Production date: 1806

print; satirical print

Title: The house of feasting is become a house of mourning!!!! |
Museum number: J,2.114 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1785

print; satirical print

Title: Iohn Bull's first visit to his friend the new secretary. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.7428 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WilliamsPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1806

print; satirical print

Title: Hibernia in the Character of Charity |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5189 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DentPublished by:J Brown |
Production date: 1784-1785

print; satirical print

Title: The loss of the faro bank; -or the Rook's Pigeon'd. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6590 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris-Vide, The Moniteur,& Cobbetts Letters. |
Museum number: 1851,0901.1098 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Meeting of Parliament |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5411 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DentPublished by:J Brown |
Production date: 1785

print; satirical print

Title: Argument against feeling |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5463 |
Producer name: BIOG148776 Published by:Elizabeth Jackson |
Production date: 1785

print; satirical print

Title: A Word of Comfort |
Museum number: J,4.9 |
Producer name: BIOG25023 Print made by:William Dent |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Fatal ambition! Or Reynard at his wits end. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5265 |
Producer name: BIOG50753 Published by:William Wells |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: To the freeholder of Surrey |
Museum number: 1868,0808.7069 |
Producer name: BIOG46587 Print made by:John Thomas Smith |
Production date: 1802

print; satirical print

Title: The Return to the Political Ark |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5974 |
Producer name: BIOG25023 Print made by:William Dent |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Innocence the best Defence against false Accusations |
Museum number: 1948,0214.695 |
Producer name: BIOG153939 After:William Charles |
Production date: 1805

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The revolution pillar 1788 |
Museum number: 1871,1111.703 |
Producer name: BIOG19529 Print made by:John Bewick |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: The last view of the Rt. Hon. Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1917,1208.4043 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPrinted by:J Nichols |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1902,1011.7644 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gerhard HuckAfter:Anton Hickel |
Production date: 1793-1794 |
Production place: Published in:Hildesheim

print

Title: The Right Honourable Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2873 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:John Jones |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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