HORACE HONE, A.R.A. (ANGLO-IRISH, 1754/1756 - 1825/1827)
HORACE HONE, A.R.A. (ANGLO-IRISH, 1754/1756 - 1825/1827)

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HORACE HONE, A.R.A. (ANGLO-IRISH, 1754/1756 - 1825/1827)
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), in blue coat with gold trim and gold buttons, white knotted cravat
signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'The Rt Hon./ Charles. James. Fox / Horace Hone ARA / Pinxt.1807 / London'
enamel on copper
oval, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Provenance
With Edwin and Rosalind Bucher, in 1993.

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Lot Essay

Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was the second son of Henry Fox, later first Baron Holland (1705-1774), politician, and Lady (Georgiana) Caroline Lennox (1723-1774). A Whig statesman and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger (see lot 85), Fox was a supporter of American Independence, the French Revolution and the anti-slavery movement. Famous for his love of gambling and women, Fox had an illegitimate daughter by Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and in 1795, secretly married Elizabeth Armitstead (1750-1842), see lot 108, a former lover of the Prince of Wales. The marriage was not made public until 1802, and Elizabeth was not accepted at court.
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