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Edward Hedges
The royal Hercules destroying the dragon Python
Published
[London] : Pubd as the Act directs April 24, 1784, by Hedges under the Roy..l Exchange Cornhill, [1784]
etching
sheet: 333 x 226 mm
Peel 3267
Notes
Title from item.
Library's copy cropped within plate mark with loss to imprint.
Library's copy cropped within plate mark with loss to imprint.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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.
Associated names
Hedges, Edward, active 1780-1786, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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