'The table's turn'd' (Charles James Fox; William Pitt) Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The table's turn'd' (Charles James Fox; William Pitt) NPG D12602

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey

William Pitt and Charles James Fox, probably the most frequent targets of Gillray's prints, presented the perfect visual joke. The two most famous and influential politicians of the period were not only political opponents but also extreme physical opposites. Gillray exaggerated and inflated these differences. Pitt became taller and skinnier, his profile dominated by an ever-sharper nose, while Fox became squatter, more hirsute and increasingly gross. As well as his remarkably detailed and multi-figure caricatures, Gillray also understood the power of rapidly produced and economical... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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