Image: Visiting the sick
Description: Visiting the Sick SUMMARY: Print shows Charles Fox sitting in an armchair, obviously ill. On one side of him is Mrs. Fitzherbert, dressed as an abbess and holding a rosary; on the other side is a bishop in robes and mitre. In front of Fox, the Prince of Wales holds his handkerchief to his face. Sheridan, standing behind the bishop, admonishes the bishop to understand that Catholic emancipation is not possible. Howick, Petty, Windham and Moira are all distressed; Grenville and Sidmouth are leaving the room hoping Fox will expire. Mrs. Fox faints in a chair and is attended by Lord Derby. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED: London : S.W. Fores, 1806 July 18th.
Title: Visiting the sick
Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-05429 (digital file from original print), uncompressed archival TIFF version (43 MB), cropped and converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2.4.5, image quality 88.
Author: James Gillray
Permission: No known restriction on publication.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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