Lot 45
45
After Sir Joshua Reynolds
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After Sir Joshua Reynolds

Portrait of Charles James Fox, M.P. (1749-1806), half-length, wearing a blue coat and yellow waistcoat, a red curtain beyond

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After Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Charles James Fox, M.P. (1749-1806), half-length, wearing a blue coat and yellow waistcoat, a red curtain beyond
oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 25 in. (75.8 x 63.5 cm.)
After the picture in the Holkham Estate, Norfolk.
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Lot Essay

Charles James Fox was born on 24th January, 1749. After being educated at Eton and Oxford University, his long political career began at the age of twenty, when he was elected to represent Midhurst in the House of Commons.

Fox went on to hold various positions under a number of administrations, including Junior Lord of the Admiralty, Lord of the Treasury and Foreign Secretary.

He died on 13 September 1806, and was buried at Westminster Abbey, next to his political arch-enemy, William Pitt the Younger.

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