The Right Honorable Charles James Fox
Status
Not on viewDate1789
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 20 13/16 in. x 14 7/8 in. (52.86 cm x 37.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Bockee and Miss. A. Raff, 1892
Object numberM-1279
DescriptionThis three quarter length portrait print is a depiction of Charles James Fox, the English stateman and politician who was the arch rival of William Pitt the Younger. Published ReferencesJohn Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings, (London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883), p. 750-1.
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "Engraved by John Jones".
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "The Right Honorable / Charles James Fox / Published as the Act directs Nov. 1st 1784 by J. Jones No. 75 Great Portland Street Marleboyne".
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c. 1812
c. 1800
After 1776
