
Légende
Gloria Mundi, or The Devil addressing the sun Pare. Lost, Book IV, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist, London, engraving 1782, en sanguine engraving showing Charles James Fox standing on a roulette wheel perched atop a globe showing England and continental Europe, the implication is that his penniless state, indicated by turned-out pockets, is due to gambling he looks over his left shoulder up at a bust of Shelburne who, like the sun, is beaming radiantly. Like Edmund Burke, Fox resigned his position as foreign secretary in protest at the appointment of Shelburne following Rockingham's death.
Date
1782
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited
Notre référence
LZT16A00_279
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,4Mo (2,4Mo) / 30,4cm x 42,3cm / 3590 x 5000 (300dpi)