Abstract
Abstract Although at first glance an analysis of the treatment of Charles James Fox, William Pitt the Younger and King George III in satiric prints might appear an essay in contrasts, with few intersecting points, the prolonged East India Bill crisis horn 18 November 1783 to 25 March 1784 generated an abundance of striking comparisons.1 Not only was there a distinct surge in the number of new prints discussing these three political figures, hut this period also inspired a new intensity and vehemence in the assessment of these individuals' characters as well as their political hehaviour.2 This development was particularly striking in the treatment of Pitt and George III, who had enjoyed mostly benign, even glowing rev xvs in the prints produced before this period. Indeed, March 1784, the new Prime Minister an monarch were being aracterized in terms very similar to that of Fox the previous November. What had caused this change, and why was it significant?
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