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Edward Hedges
The royal Hercules destroying the dragon Python .
Peel 3267
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[London] : Pubd as the Act directs April 24, 1784, by Hedges under the Roy..l Exchange Cornhill, [1784]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Library's copy cropped within plate mark with loss to imprint.
Summary:
Print shows George III as Hercules gripping a scaly figure with three heads on long serpentine necks; the head on the left, Charles James Fox utters, "O! this is my last gasp", on top is Frederick, Lord North, facing forward, with a large N on his forehead, and on the right is Edmund Burke spewing a cap representing "OEconomy." This cartoon was published shortly after George III dissolved Parliament and the subsequent election gave the Tories a firm mandate to govern.
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