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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.157 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1828 |
| Title | Correspondence from Charles Fox to Thomas Pringle discussing an engraving for an upcoming work |
| Date | 29 December 1828 |
| Author | Fox, Charles Richard (1796-1873) |
| Recipient | Pringle, Thomas |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses an etching entitled "Mr. Fox and his Friends" by William Lane housed at Holland House. Fox thinks it would be fitting for an upcoming work and says his father has no objection to having it engraved. Whigs depicted in the etching include William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire; William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam; John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe; Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland; John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory; Richard Fitzpatrick; Dudley Long North; Andrew St John, 13th Baron St John; Lord Robert Spencer; Lord John Townshend. |
| Subjects | Art, Music, Theater, and Film Humor and Satire Whigs Politics Global History and Civics Abolition Slavery |
| People | Fox, Charles Richard (1796-1873) Pringle, Thomas (1789-1834) |
| Place written | Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Pringle was a Scottish poet and abolitionist. Colonel Fox was an archaeologist. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |