Satirical cartoon, The Modern Hercules

Satirical cartoon, The Modern Hercules, or A Finishing Blow for Poor John Bull. A caricature of William Pitt as a brutal Hercules, holding an enormous club labelled Convention Bill, about to strike a cowering John Bull already overburdened with various bundles marked Pensions, Subsidies, Tax, Taxation and Debt. The repressive human rights legislation - the Seditious Meetings Bill and Treasonable Practices Bill - and the regressive fiscal policies of the period are given physical form

1790s 1795 Analogy Blow Brutal Bundle Bundles Burden Burdens Cowering Debt Enormous Finishing Fiscal Hercules Hitting Laws Legislation Meetings Overburdened Pensions Policies Practices Reference Repressive Sedition Seditious Striking Subsidies Taxation Taxes Treason Treasonable

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