Iohn Bull come to the bone [graphic].

"A Frenchman, tall and gaunt, his thin legs engulfed in post-boy's boots, addresses John Bull (left), shrugging his shoulders and extending his hands: "by Gar Mr Jean Bull you Var much alter Should not know you var Jean I was as big as you now." John, an elderly cit, still paunchy, but with clothes hanging in wrinkles, turning his head in profile to the left, contemptuously smokes a short pipe, the smoke inscribed 'Puff'. His right hand rests on a cudgel inscribed 'Wellington Oake'. He answers with a fierce scowl: "why look you Mounseer Parley Vou tho I have got Thinner my Self I have a little Sprig of Oake in my hand thats as strong as ever and if you give me any of your Parlerver I'll be D--d if you shant feel the wait of it"."--British Museum online catalogue