The political weeping willow [graphic].

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Title: The political weeping willow [graphic].
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 May 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 13, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Abstract: "Fox stands full face, his arms extended; these arms are the branches of a tree, and his body is its trunk. The two branches fork into the boughs of a weeping-willow, whose foliage forms an arch above Fox's head, and hangs nearly to the ground. Tears fall from his eyes and pour in a stream down the trunk of the tree, forming a pool at its feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Satire alluding to the debate Fox versus Burke, May 6, 1791, on the French Canadian constitution.
Note in contemporary hand on bottom verso: Fox was said to have shed tears in the House of Commons on Burke's renouncing his political friendship, because he admir'd the French Revolution. 1791.
Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with inititals GR below.
Provenance: Parsons; February 1933. From an album of 12 prints with the armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Robinson, Earl de Grey, 1781-1859.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 33.3 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 37 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic): Crying
Willows
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Crying
Willows
England > 1791
England > London > 1791

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