The Hanoverian horse and British lion Size:XL: 120 x 80cm 'A Visit to the Fives

'A Visit to the Fives Court'

Cowley Grove

View of the west side of Tower Bridge

Also showing a horse-drawn carriage

view of the opening ceremony of the Metropolitan Provincial Working Classes Exhibition

The Hanoverian horse and British lion Size:XL: 120 x 80cm 'A Visit to the Fives'The Hanoverian horse and British lion', 1784. Scene in the House of Commons. On the left Charles James Fox is riding the British lion, facing William Pitt the Younger on the horse of Hanover. Satire on the dissolution of Parliament which was prorogued on 24 March 1784 and dissolved on 25 March. Fox was a popular politician but was implacably opposed by King George III and his favoured minister, Pitt.