Design for a Monument to Charles James Fox: Defending the Magna Carta
Summary
Design for a memorial sculpture with figures mounted on a plinth with a door set into a trapezoid support. The central figure of a man is facing the viewer with his right hand resting on a low column to the left. Beneath his hand a document can be seen with the inscription Mag[na] Car[ta]. To the left of the central figure is a seated female figure and the right a standing female figure. There are cherubs with decorative swags on the base of the plinth.
Object Name
Design for a Monument to Charles James Fox: Defending the Magna Carta
Creators Name
Date Created
about 1806
Dimensions
support: 21cm x 17.3cm
accession number
1980.379
Collection Group
Support
paper
Medium
ink (brown)
pencil
