The king sits in his glass coach which is driven left and right and diagonally away from the spectator. He points with surprise at a hole in the glass formed by the impact of a blast from the posteriors of fox, who is in a window to the right stanhope leans on fox's back directing the blast; within the window, but in shadow, is (?) grey. Stones fly through the air and a dead cat lies on the roof of the coach, which is surrounded by an angry mob of half length figures; among them are two constables with long staves. The coachman lashes his horses. A man prepares to hurl a cat. A fainting woman is supported by an elderly man. An elderly and grotesque man (right) sits on the shoulders of another, applauding the outrage. 2 november 1797
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1797. Dimensions: Height: 257 mm; Width: 391 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Charles James Fox. Collection: British Museum. The opening of parliament or the air gun-plot or the infamous attack on his majesty (BM 1868,0808.6660)
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