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An Old Fox Caught at Last, 29 March 1804

 Item — Box: LF104/7 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/7/65
An Old Fox Caught at Last, 29 March 1804
An Old Fox Caught at Last, 29 March 1804

Scope and Contents

Artist: Isaac Cruikshank. Published: S. W. Fores. Fox grovels on hands and knees inside a rectangular trap: 'New Opposition Trap'. The sliding door (left) through which he has entered is not yet quite shut. He opens his mouth to bite at the bait inside the trap (right): a bunch of grapes, and substances inscribed 'Venison Champaign', 'Carlisle Bait'. Men on the left watch intently, while Windham (right) stoops to listen to sounds from the trap, raising a monitory finger, and saying: "Be quiet I hear him nibbling I used to nibble myself - when I was in the Cheese paring line!". All, except Fox, are poorly characterized. Of the five men on the left, one holds a basket of 'Carlisle Cakes', showing that he is Lord Carlisle; he puts his finger to his nose and looks knowingly at a stout man wearing a ribbon who is presumably the Marquis of Buckingham. A third must be Grenville. The fourth, in profile to the right., resembles Sheridan. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 29 March 1804

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1.0 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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