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For The Benefit of The Champion

May 20, 1784
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Object Information
  • Title: For The Benefit of The Champion
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: William Humphrey (British, 1742?–in or before 1814)
  • Subject: Charles James Fox (British, 1749–1806)
  • Subject: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (British, Wimbledon, Surrey 1757–1806 Devonshire)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: May 20, 1784
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 13 13/16 in. (24.6 × 35.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.73
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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