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John Bull's last will and testament, as it was drawn by a Welch attorney. With a preface to the Ar--p of C--ry. By an eminent lawyer of the Temple.
Bull, John.Date: [1713]- Books
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John Bull's last will and testament, as it was drawn by a Welch attorney. With a preface to the Ar--p of C--ry. By an eminent lawyer of the Temple.
Bull, John.Date: [1713]- Books
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John Bull's last will and testament, as it was drawn by a Welsh attorney. With a preface to the Ar----p of C----ry. By an eminent lawer [sic] of the Temple.
Bull, John.Date: [1713?]- Pictures
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A French barber shaving John Bull. Coloured etching.
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John Bull being attacked by many tiny figures representing England's engagements overseas. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: August 1st 1813Reference: 38411i- Pictures
A newborn baby wrapped in long frilled gown with an enormous plumed headpiece is carried by a matron and presented to an irritated looking John Bull. Lithograph, ca. 1840/1850.
Date: 1840-1850Reference: 643127i- 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 small man representing the press is holding a spoon with a gooseberry on it and feeding it to John Bull; representing worthless news stories in the British press during the summer. Process print after Ricardo Brook.
Brook, Ricardo.Reference: 31780i- Pictures
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A man personifying Canada is showing a fleet of ships to John Bull. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
Racey, A. G. (Arthur George), 1870-1941.Date: 1910-1919Reference: 571944i- Pictures
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John Bull shaking the hand of a sick man; referring to Wellington's illness and depression due to political strain. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 28 December 1831Reference: 12235iPart of: HB Sketches- Pictures
Peel about to force-feed a large tablet to John Bull in an apothecaries shop; representing England at the hands of the politicians. Lithograph by H. Heath.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Date: 1840Reference: 12249iPart of: Political Sketches- Pictures
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John Bull has a nightmare about income tax represented by Sir Robert Peel sitting on his chest surrounded by donkeys (asses). Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1842.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 23 April 1842Reference: 37122iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
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A dentist giving John Bull a penny after extracting a tooth; representing the effects of income tax on Great Britain. Wood engraving, 1861.
Date: 1861Reference: 13797i- Pictures
Two judges seated in discussion on the left; and John Bull showing the back of his workhouse suit to a gentleman. Woodcut by C.J. Grant, ca. 1834.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: [1834?]Reference: 643468i- Pictures
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A young English woman returning from Paris with her French governesss is not recognized by her uncle, aunt and sister owing to her French speech and clothes. Etching by George Cruikshank after EHL.
L., E.H., active 1816-1817.Date: Augt. 1st 1835Reference: 28527i- Pictures
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A.J. Balfour as Prime Minister asks John Bull to pay for increasingly costly policies, but eventually John Bull refuses. Drawing by David Wilson, 1905.
Wilson, David, 1873-1935.Date: 1905Reference: 573766i- Pictures
John Bull defending Britain against the invasion of cholera; comparing the Reform Bill to the cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.
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William Pitt the younger consults the doctor John Bull on his failing health. Coloured aquatint, 1798.
Date: 1798Reference: 12186i- Pictures
A quack doctor offering a gouty John Bull some medicine while conventional doctors are turned away; referring to British politics. Coloured lithograph attributed to J. Doyle.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Reference: 12250iPart of: Political Squibs- Pictures
Four episodes in a war: John Bull at home in prosperity before the war; John Bull leaving his family and marching off to war; his family is reduced to poverty; as a gaunt, one-legged, one-eyed soldier he returns from war to his destitute family. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585523i- Pictures
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John Bull making hop-tea in front of a hop grower and his workers; representing adulteration of beer by brewers. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 11 October 1890Reference: 25922i- Pictures
John Bull stares with interest as a bearded magician pulls aside a curtain to show a mirror in which the princess Victoria wearing a crown is being pulled by the arms. Coloured lithograph by John Doyle, 1830.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: June 8 1830Reference: 603499iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
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John Bull being bled while lying in bed and surrounded by four women; referring to Britain being drained of resources by Peel's new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: October 1842Reference: 13438iPart of: HB Sketches- Pictures
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A large John Bull being held down and force-fed by Peel and Wellington; representing the idea of the Catholic emancipation as a breach of the constitution. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: April 1829Reference: 12224i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger as a very thin caricatured bank clerk stands behind a counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull, while Charles James Fox and Sheridan attempt to stop Bull accepting the money. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603157i