The habeas corpus, or The wild geese flying away with Fox to America – Vintage Print
![The habeas corpus, or The wild geese flying away with Fox to America, [London] : Pubd. by J. Barrow, No. 84 Dorset Street, Salisbury Court Fleet Street, 1782 August 27. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a7/a7ac3d482012-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The habeas corpus, or The wild geese flying away with Fox to America, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The habeas corpus, or The wild geese flying away with Fox to America
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Charles James Fox is the fox in this hand-colored etching, shown with a flock of wild geese heading off toward America, so the title's reference to habeas corpus becomes a jab at the Whig leader. Published in London in late August 1782, it appeared while Britain was negotiating an end to the war in America. Fox had long opposed the king's ministers and the conduct of that war, and cartoonists often used animal fables like this one to mock political figures. Read closely, the geese and the ship comment on who was leaving the country and why.
| Created / published | [London] : Pubd. by J. Barrow, No. 84 Dorset Street, Salisbury Court Fleet Street, 1782 August 27. |
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| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings Hand-colored 1780-1790. |
| Notes | Title from item. No. 9 in a series published by J. Barrow. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6029 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 824. |
| Subjects | Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806. Geese--England--1780-1790. Foxes--England--1780-1790. Sailing ships--England--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,014 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109515 |
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