Anticipation

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Anticipation
etching with stipple
plate mark: 9 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (252 x 24 mm); design: 10 x 9 1/2 inches (248 x 220 mm)
Peel 1371
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Watermark: unknown.

Summary: 

Charles Fox on the left and Lord North on the right, both stripped down to their breeches and shoes, engage in a boxing duel. The text etched above their heads indicates mutual animosity, an unfounded accusation.

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