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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
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St. John's College, St. Giles and St. Giles Church, Oxford: panoramic view. Line engraving by M.A. Rooker after himself, 1779.
Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1746-1801.Date: 1779Reference: 20809iPart of: Oxford almanacks- 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
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Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 12 December 1788Reference: 12175i