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The strongest bidding was reserved for this enamel miniature depicting the sinister half of Whig statesman Charles Fox and the dexter of Tory MP Lord North.

Intended as a caricature of their unlikely, and short lived coalition of 1783, the miniature sold to an English collector at £5200 (plus 10 per cent premium).