A Sun setting in a Fog: with the Old Hanover Hack descending
Charles James Fox (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) flogs the exhausted horse of Hanover towards the Valley of Annihilation. Gillray references Lord Shelburne, who said: The sun of Great Britain will set whenever she acknowledges the independence of America'. Fox is depicted wearing Spanish leather boots and carrying a French cock, accusing him of traitorous foreign allegiances. He has cast aside the crown and the Magna Carta in his pursuit of ambition
Picture No
11099575
Media ID
46715555
Size
5013px x 3487px
(6.7MB)
Credit
© Historic Royal Palaces / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
James Gillray (1757-1815)
Date
3 June 1783
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1783 Accusing Acknowledges Ambition Annihilation Aside Carta Cock Descending Exhausted Gillray Hack Hanover Magna Pursuit References Shelburne Whenever
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