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To Day Disliked, Yet Perhaps Tomorrow in Favour

1783

A 1783 satirical engraving showing Fox, North and Burke hurled from a pedestal beneath George III, mocking North's fall from political favour.

North is shown falling from power alongside Fox and Burke, reflecting his loss of royal and public favour in 1783.

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Satirical engraving from 1783 titled 'To day disliked, and yet perhaps tomorrow again in favour.' Left, a bust of George II on a pedestal; top center, a winged figure blows a trumpet; George III sits on a pedestal at right blowing a bubble; Fox, North and Burke fall or kneel in the center, with a large inscribed tablet and dense printed text around the borders. — To Day Disliked, Yet Perhaps Tomorrow in Favour, satirical engraving, 1783.

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What it is

This is a hand-produced satirical print from 1783. It shows Charles James Fox, Lord North and Edmund Burke being thrown down from a pedestal on which King George III sits blowing a bubble labelled "Royal favour". A bust of George II stands on the opposite pedestal.

Why it matters

The print was made during the political turmoil after North's coalition government with Fox collapsed. It reflects how ordinary people and pamphleteers mocked politicians' sudden rises and falls, and shows that North's reputation depended heavily on royal and public favour, which could vanish overnight.

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