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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/39 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/37 |
| Title | [A devil carrying Fox] |
| Date | [1780-1789] |
| Description | A fox wearing a blue coat and beige waistcoat is carried to Hell on the shoulders of a large black winged devil, with its hands clasped as if in prayer. The devil grasps the fox with his right hand and with his left points down into a pit of fire in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture. On the ground in front of the devil are a toad and a snake. 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 fox represents the Whig politician Charles James Fox. From the time of the American War of Independence Fox had adopted the colours of beige and blue, which the fox wears in the drawing.
Date based on style, also political controversy involving Fox in the 1780s, see D5459/1/48. |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 218 x 177mm. 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 D5459/1/36 etc. |
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