John Bull, with leeches on his chest, sits on a commode full of gold coin; he is attended by Lords Stanhope and Perceval dressed as doctors; Napoleon holds the commode. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1811.

  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
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1 August 1811
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38404i
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John Bull, with leeches on his chest, sits on a commode full of gold coin; he is attended by Lords Stanhope and Perceval dressed as doctors; Napoleon holds the commode. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1811. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the background Britannia indicates that "credit" is dead under a pile of banknotes. On the left two men are boiled alive in a larg pot; the flames are fanned by two devils. In the right foreground, a large jar of leeches, a pill-box and a phial

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[London] (5 Newgate Street) : M. Jones, 1 August 1811.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 17.3 x 38.5 cm

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The blessings of paper money, or king a bad subject. G. Cruikshank fect. Extensive lettering within the print

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1949, vol. 9, no. 11732

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Wellcome Collection 38404i

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