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Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 2 May 1803Reference: 12193i- Pictures
The "Ministry of all the Talents", personified by Charles James Fox, promising to convey John Bull towards the promised land, but really to hell. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1806.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Feb.y 8th 1806Reference: 533358i- Pictures
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Above, a domestic bull, a domestic cow, a wild bull and a wild cow; below, an urus, a bison, a zebu (humped ox) and a cape. Engraving by Heath.
Date: 1806Reference: 40487i- Pictures
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Liberal and radical politicians as ballad singers (Thomas Wakley, Charles Buller, D. W. Harvey, Joseph Hume, Lord Brougham and J.A. Roebuck) sing a song sympathetic to Canadian rebels below the window of John Bull, who proposes to drench them with the contents of the house pail. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 10 January 1838Reference: 36696iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
An industrial mill representing the 'Penny magazine': Lord John Russell and Bishop Maltby feed it with liberalism and whiggism, Lord Brougham and Lord Spencer turn the crank handles, and Charles Knight feeds the resulting product to John Bull. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1 Oct 1832Reference: 608228i- Pictures
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Wellington and Peel, in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching, 1829.
Date: [1829]Reference: 662572i- Pictures
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A large dog, emerging from the water, with the head of the Duke of Wellington, and a smaller dog with the head of Lord John Russell, both tug a stick inscribed "committee Ireland", while John Bull and Daniel O'Connell, the respective owners, are waiting in the background. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 15 April 1839Reference: 36874iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
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Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
Sharpshooter, A.Date: [April 1829]Reference: 663317i- Pictures
A bull tied down by Scottish politicians and burdened with taxation is baited by a Spaniard and a Frenchman and treated with contempt by a Dutchman; representing Great Britain in 1779. Engraving, 1779.
Date: Dec.r 6. 1779Reference: 2921460i- Pictures
A bull snorts angrily as it tosses a Spaniard in the air and is restrained by three men pulling its tail behind, a native American and a well-dressed French gentleman cower in fright to the right and a Dutchman sitting on a barrel of gin and smoking a pipe looks on in amusement. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1780.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Jan 4 1780Reference: 585026i- Pictures
Lord Bute in highland dress accompanied by Proteus as a merman pulls the string of a kite with the head of William Pitt the younger; a bull spears the cap of liberty before a crowd of gentlemen holding flags of their relevant companies. Engraving with etching, ca. 1767.
Date: [1767?]Reference: 585373i- Pictures
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John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley. Line engraving after Stephens.
Reference: 6032i- Pictures
Tivoli: in a field below the temple of Vesta, two bulls fight; sheep are disturbed; a shepherd tells his sheepdog to separate the bulls. Engraving by W. Elliott, 1765, after P.P. Roos (Rosa da Tivoli}.
Roos, Philipp Peter, Rosa da Tivoli, Mercurius, 1657-1706.Date: November 2d 1765Reference: 2922568i- Digital Images
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MS 7845/17, Frederick William Axham, 1840-19
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Daniel O'Connell plays chess with Lord Melbourne while Britannia watches. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 29 September 1837Reference: 36693iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
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British politicians as acrobats at a fair: performances by Lord John Russell balancing on a pole inscribed "Irish corporation billl...", Daniel O'Connell swallowing a sword inscribed "Repeal", and Thomas Spring-Rice balancing on his chin an object with a picture of a church, watched by political onlookers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 30 March 1837Reference: 36633iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
Lord Melbourne holds out a walking stick to Lord Glenelg who has fallen through ice. Lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 26 January 1838Reference: 36699iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
John Nichols, the printer stands in anger behind a desk as his hands rest on two volumes. Etching, 1790, by T. Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1790Reference: 590705i- Pictures
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A coach representing the quadruple alliance of England, France, Portugal and Spain is disabled owing to a broken wheel. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 22 October 1836Reference: 36544iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
Two scenes: a group of men and women men wrestling; and two men sing and dance with a woman. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 1834Reference: 643208i- Pictures
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A rowdy dinner of British political radicals at John Horne Tooke's house in Wimbledon: Tooke and Burdett wear bonnets rouges. Coloured etching by Thomaso Scrutiny (Samuel De Wilde?), 1808.
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832.Date: [1 April 1808]Reference: 38441i- Pictures
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A doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 23 April 1842Reference: 13437iPart of: HB Sketches- Pictures
The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.
Dyer, Charles, 1794-1848.Reference: 15711i- Pictures
The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve, ca. 1831, after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.
Dyer, Charles, 1794-1848.Date: 1831Reference: 2499274i- Pictures
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The martyrdom of Saint Thomas of Canterbury. Coloured etching by J. Carter, 1786.
Date: July 1t. 1786Reference: 7281i