Robin Hood's victory over Pam, the K-g's immaculate champion, on Constitution Hill. (BM 1868,0808.5275)

Pitt (left), riding an ass with the head of George III, is pierced by the sword of Fox (right) who is mounted on a bull inscribed 'John Bull'. Pitt, very thin, holds up his hand submissively, his sword has fallen to the ground; it is a Scottish broadsword, the blade inscribed 'A present from the Thane', to show that he has inherited Bute's supposed secret influence wlth the king. The ass is inscribed 'The ****** A**', i.e. The Queen's Ass, a familiar name for the Queen's zebra which grazed in the grounds of Buckingham House, much used in pictorial satire c. 1762, see BMSat 3870, [Also the title of a print of the Prince of Wales. See BMSat 7156] &c, and cf. BMSat 7384; the ass (George III) is saying, "Prerogative! prerogative! now my dear boy, Pam, cut him, hack him, slash him!" Fox, his sword resting on Pitt, its blade inscribed 'The Sward of Rinaldo', says, "Such be the fate of Tyrants! The bull is snorting D-n prerogative." 26 April 1784
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