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Image Title: The Royal Hercules Destroying The Dragon Python, 1784

Description: The Royal Hercules Destroying The Dragon Python, 1784. 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

Original Media: Print

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