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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/36 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/92 |
| Title | The Black Man of the People |
| Date | [1780-1789] |
| Description | Half length caricature portrait of Charles James Fox in profile, facing right. He is wearing blue and beige and in his left hand he holds a mask.
On the verso is a pencil sketch of a young woman or child wearing a broad-brimmed hat. Available on CD 157. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | The Whig politician Fox (1749-1806) often referred to himself as the 'man of the people'. The addition of 'black' refers to his swarthy complexion.
There is a printed caricature of Fox with the same title by Woodward (BM Sat 7874), but the drawing and the print are only superficially similar. |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing ; 198 x 160 mm. Portrait. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | For other depictions of Fox see D5459/1/39, D5459/1/42, D5459/1/48, D5459/1/53, D5459/1/55, D5459/1/92, D5459/1/93/3, D5459/1/93/4, D5459/1/93/5, D5459/1/93/34, D5459/2/18, D5459/2/41. See D5459/1/14 and D5459/1/9 for mentions of Fox. |
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