The levee (BM 1873,0712.841 1) - Public domain  engraving

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The levee (BM 1873,0712.841 1) - Public domain engraving

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Ministers stand round a pole on the top of which is a head. This is turned from the spectator and is unrecognizable, but is evidently the king. The pole is being held up by Fox and North; North, in profile to the left, very stout and wearing an enormous Garter ribbon, holds it with his right hand. Fox stands behind it, scowling downwards, legs astride, his left hand stretched upwards against the pole. An enormously tall man, with sword and 'chapeau bras', stands in profile to the right holding a long staff of office. He is probably the Earl of Hertford, who again became Lord Chamberlain, a post which he lost on the fall of North, see BMSat 5966.
Two men run towards the pole from the left, and two from the right; they are much caricatured and cannot be identified. Rays come from a sun with a smiling face in the upper right corner of the print. Beneath the title is engraved, "Good Morrow to your Night Cap!" 21 April 1783

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1783
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