Charles James Fox led the Whig political party and was an opponent of Pitt the Younger. Reckless in politics as at the gaming tables, Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord Northbut soon switched sides leading the opposition through a long political life. Fox supported parliamentary reform in England, independence for America, limited autonomy for Ireland and the regency of George, Prince of Wales. A supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries. 

This bust is a bronze cast from an origin after Joseph Nollekens made in 1791, and housed at The V&A, The Scottish National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. These busts can be found on Scan the World