The Right Honourable Charles James Fox

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Artist/Maker	John Jones (engraver) John Jones (publisher) Sir Joshua Reynolds (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Three-quarter length portrait of Charles James Fox, to front, looking to right, right hand on papers on a table; one of the papers is lettered 'A Bill for the better regulating the affairs of the E. I. Company &c.'; another is lettered 'Representation of the Commons to the King March 15 1784.' In the left background is the base of a column.

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Categories	Portraits Prints Politics
Object type	Print
Title	The Right Honourable Charles James Fox (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on paper Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, three-quarter length portrait of Charles James Fox. Mezzotint by John Jones after Joshua Reynolds, 1789.
Physical description	Three-quarter length portrait of Charles James Fox, to front, looking to right, right hand on papers on a table; one of the papers is lettered 'A Bill for the better regulating the affairs of the E. I. Company &c.'; another is lettered 'Representation of the Commons to the King March 15 1784.' In the left background is the base of a column.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 54.9cm (cut) Sheet width: 40.5cm (cut) Measured by SH 13/06/2011
Content description	Portrait of a man standing at a table.
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones. The Right Honourable Charles James Fox London, Published as the Act directs, Novr. 1st. 1789, by J. Jones, No.75 Great Portland Street, Marylebone.' (Lettered)
Production	3rd state, later than that described by John Chaloner Smith.
Subjects depicted	Column Table Charles James Fox
Bibliographic reference	Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 2, p.750.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	21888

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O646793/the-right-honourable-charles-james-print-john-jones/

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