The Infant Hercules. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 12 5/8 in. (22.1 × 32.1 cm). Published in: London. Publisher: William Humphrey (British, 1742-before 1814). Subject: Charles James Fox (British, 1749-1806); Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (British, 1732-1792); William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (British, 1708-1778). Date: February 3, 1784.In 1783, at the age of twenty-four, William Pitt became the youngest person ever to head the British government. King George III, who had become fed up with the machinations of a Whig coalition led by Charles James Fox and Frederick Lord North, finally prevailed upon Pitt to accept the premiership. When Rowlandson cast Pitt as the infant Hercules he echoed popular opinion, which saw the youthful minister as a refreshing change from his corrupt, self-serving predecessors. Like the classical hero, Pitt displays amazing strength as he strangles serpents determined to dispatch him. The sna

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The Infant Hercules. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 12 5/8 in. (22.1 × 32.1 cm). Published in: London. Publisher: William Humphrey (British, 1742-before 1814). Subject: Charles James Fox (British, 1749-1806); Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (British, 1732-1792); William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (British, 1708-1778). Date: February 3, 1784.In 1783, at the age of twenty-four, William Pitt became the youngest person ever to head the British government. King George III, who had become fed up with the machinations of a Whig coalition led by Charles James Fox and Frederick Lord North, finally prevailed upon Pitt to accept the premiership. When Rowlandson cast Pitt as the infant Hercules he echoed popular opinion, which saw the youthful minister as a refreshing change from his corrupt, self-serving predecessors. Like the classical hero, Pitt displays amazing strength as he strangles serpents determined to dispatch him. The sna

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