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Portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806)

James Gillray, 1798

The Cartoon Museum, London

Fox was the leading Whig of his generation and features in many of GillrayÂ’s most important prints. Gillray went to the gallery of the House of Commons from time to time and perhaps drew this sketch there. This drawing allows the museum to explain to visitors how Gillray worked and can be used in conjunction with sketchbooks by contemporary cartoonists such as Steve Bell to draw out parallels between Georgian caricaturists and contemporary cartoonists.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), 1798

Date supported

2007

Medium and material

Ink & watercolour

Dimensions

9.8 x 7.8 cm

Grant

776

Total cost

1976

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