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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/41 |
| Former Reference | D5459/3/115 |
| Title | Laudable Secrecy Respecting a Peace or John Bull too Inquisitive |
| Date | Jul 1806 |
| Description | John Bull and Charles James Fox in conversation. John Bull, on the right, is a large elderly man in a powdered bob-wig and glasses. In his pocket he has papers marked 'Omnium' and 'Speculation on Peace'. He asks Fox: "Now do Charly, my dear good boy - open the door a little bit farther - just to enable me to take in a few of my friends at the Stock Exchange."
Fox, on the left, is standing next to a half-open door, through which is passing a man with a scroll marked 'Dispatches'. Fox has a document in his pocket marked 'To Monsr Talleyrand Negotiations'. He replies: "Really Mr Bull, you are too inquisitive - dont you see the door for Negotiation is open'd? - dont you see the back of a messenger? - dont you see he has got dispatches under his arm? - what would you desire more -".
Available on CD 163. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Woodward Delin : N H Sculp
Published by R Ackermann July 1806 101 Strand
According to BM Sat 10588 the title refers to Lauderdale's mission to Paris on the instructions of Fox, after news of a separate treaty signed by France with Russia. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 390 x 295 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | See D5459/1/36 etc for more depictions of Fox. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 10588 |
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