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.

Date

[1713]

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.

Date

[1713]

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.

Date

[1713?]

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.

Date

28 December 1831

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.

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.

Date

June 8 1830

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.

Date

October 1842

John Bull about to be bled by three doctors; representing Britain's budget manipulated by the cabinet. Coloured etching by J. Phillips?, 1830.

Date

8 March 1830

A doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.

Date

23 April 1842

Liberal and radical politician 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.

Date

10 January 1838

John Bull presented as the Chinese labourer Hoo Loo surrounded by surgeons discussing the removal of his tumor; referring to British political reform. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.

Date

2 May 1831

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.

Date

23 April 1842

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.

Date

1834

John Bull being attacked by many tiny figures representing England's engagements overseas. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.

Date

August 1st 1813

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

1840-1850

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.

John Bull in a cottage interior; marching off to war; as a bankrupt approaching the Treasury; and as a gaunt, one-legged, one-eyed soldier on return from war. Line block after Gillray, 1830.

Date

1830

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.

Date

1835

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.

Date

[1834?]

A dentist giving John Bull a penny after extracting a tooth; representing the effects of income tax on Great Britain. Wood engraving, 1861.

Date

1861

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.

Date

1840

William Pitt the younger consults the doctor John Bull on his failing health. Coloured aquatint, 1798.

Date

1798

John Bull defending Britain against the invasion of cholera; comparing the Reform Bill to the cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.

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.

Date

11 October 1890

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, introduces his new wife, Princess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, to the British people. Wood engraving, 1874.

Date

[1874]