A kitchen, Fox stands at a table about to sign a document. In his left hand he holds four playing cards. From his pocket protrudes a book, 'Hoyles Free Gamester'. He looks towards a slim young man (l.), who addresses him, holding a document addressed "To James Fox Sq." They are watched with amusement by a cook (r.) who is holding two trussed birds on a spit and by a scullion boy. Two Admiralty clerks (l.) stand behind their spokesman. A fox hangs by its neck from the roof. The accompanying letter runs, "Sir, it is very remarkable, that none but the most abandoned of mankind stand any tolerable chance to receive the favours of the present M------y [Ministry]. The young cub, who is in possession of a very lucrative and honourable post, [Lord of the Admiralty, resigned Feb. 20,1772] keeps his office chiefly at Arthur's, and when any material business is transacted, that requires his signature, he is obliged to leave his Game and retire into the Kitchen for that purpose. . . ". 1 February 1772 
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1772<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1772-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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