The royal Hercules destroying the dragon python

The royal Hercules destroying the dragon python. Print shows George III as Hercules gripping three Whigs on a three-headed Hydra identified as the dragon python. 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. Date 1784 April 24. The royal Hercules destroying the dragon python. Print shows George III as Hercules gripping three Whigs on a three-headed Hydra identified as the dragon python. 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. Date 1784 April 24

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