The Hanoverian horse and British lion Finish:Rolled destroyed by fire

destroyed by fire

A satire on Wray for his desertion of Fox

London from the Bear & Ragged Staff Inn

with verses beneath

View of Hyde Park during the Volunteer Rifle Corps review by Queen Victoria

The Hanoverian horse and British lion Finish:Rolled destroyed by fire'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.