Sheridan and fox walk arm-in-arm as trinculo the jester and caliban; beside them walks (?) grattan (cf. Bmsat 9343) as stephano, the drunken butler, holding a small cask of irish whiskey to his lips. Sheridan holds a bottle of 'sherry', and says: "the folly of this island! they say there's but five upon this isle- we are three of them; if the other two be brain'd like us the state totters. " fox is ragged, hairy, and unshorn, with talons for nails. Both wear bonnets-rouges. Pitt (right), as the invisible ariel, flies off, saying, "this will i tell my master" [george iii]. ['tempest', iii. Ii. ] 6 december 1798. Etching. Date: 1798. Dimensions: Height: 234 mm; Width: 327 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Charles James Fox. Collection: British Museum. A scene in the enchanted island (BM 1851,0901.949)
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