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John Boyne
approximately 1750-1810
The political beggar
etching
plate mark: 346 x 250 mm; sheet: 339 x 230 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2477
Published:
[London] : Publish'd Aprill [sic] 5, 1784 by H. Mac'Phail, No. 68 High Holborn, [1784]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title from item.
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Summary:
Charles Fox, as a beggar in extremely tattered clothes, walks along an alley, possibly in St. James's Park, while two dogs bark at him. The very worried look on his face reflects the so far unlucky for him progress of the Westminster election.
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