Political affection [art original].

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Title: Political affection [art original].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created: April 1784.
Publication Place: England
Abstract: The Duchess of Devonshire sits nursing a fox at her bare breast; the fox is dressed as a child, its paw on her lap. A child sits to her right crying, arms stretched towards her. On the left a cat licks the face of a dog while ignoring her kitten that crawls beside them. A cradle sits empty in the background (left).
Description: Title and date from graphite pencil inscriptions in image.
Study for the print of the same title, no. 6546 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
With, on the opposite side of the sheet: a drawing for Reynard put to his shifts by the same artist.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 23.5 x 35 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Material: pencil ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic): Elections, 1784
Women in politics
Foxes
Breast feeding
Infants
Women
Political activity
Subjects: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1784
Women in politics > Great Britain > 18th century
Foxes
Breast feeding
Infants
Women > Political activity > Great Britain
England > 1784
British > 18th century

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Citation: Thomas Rowlandson, Political Affection. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.