"John Bull as a Chinese, in Chinese costume, hugely corpulent sits full-face in an arm-chair, legs extended, hands resting on the sides of his paunch. He looks to three doctors on the left, the foremost being Grey, who leans towards him, pointing to his colleagues (left), and saying suavely, 'This deformity is quite inconsistent, believe me, with the Nature of your Constitution & therefore must be got rid of, I will undertake with your approbation, to remove it & my assistant Doctor Russell here will prepare you for the Operation'. Lord John Russell, on the extreme left, speaks confidentially to Althorp who is in back view: 'I once thought that a case of this description ought to be treated with great caution and even wrote as well as talked a great deal about it, but now I am quite of a different opinion I think there is nothing like cutting away thro' thick & thin!' J. B.: 'I ca'nt say that my bodily health was ever better, or that I ever felt stronger tho' to be sure I am not growing younger; but then every one is telling me how deformed I am grown of late & this tumour which I have had from my infancy is all a Mass of Corruption'. On the right and slightly farther from the picture-plane, the rival doctors, Peel and Wellington, are in consultation. The Duke: 'I say the Man has no defect in his Constitution & that what they call corruption is necessary to his existance--but now because he would not believe me, but choses rather to submit to the experiments of these rash operators --Wharnecliffe who is a sensible Man lays all the blame on me'. Peel: 'Yet I begin to think we could have done better, when we found him determined to think that his Constitution was impaired, to have tried--just in the way of soothing, a gentle alterative Course'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the doctors
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle., Variant state lacking C. Motte's printer statement in lower right. Cf. No. 16666 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, British.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Hoo Loo, 1799-1831., Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764-1845, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, and Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, Baron, 1776-1845.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Tumors, Surgery, Politicians, and Obesity
Title from item., Place of publication derived from street address., Date supplied by curator, This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters; Politics, French.
Publisher:
Saillant. Éditer. R. du Croissant. 5 & 10. and Imp. Coulboeuf P. du Caire, 97.
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Above image: Actualités. 3., Published in Le Charivari., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, French.
Publisher:
A. de Vresse, r. Rivoli, 55 and Lith. Walter Fres. r. Paradis Pre. 28.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Glais-Bizoin, Alexandre, 1800-1877
Subject (Topic):
Interruption (Rhetoric)., Conjoined twins, Politicians, and Politics and government
Title etched below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, British; Politics, Swedish.
Publisher:
chez Martinet rue du Coq no.15
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden, 1778-1837, and Gall, F. J. 1758-1828 (Franz Joseph),
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Great Britain, Politics and government, Sweden, Skulls, Politicians, Kings, and Physicians
John Bull, supported by Peel, lies on the ground while Wellington uses a crossbar to force into his mouth a piece of paper entitled "Catholic emancipation. John Bull shouts "Murder! if you get it down it will ruin by consitution." Wellington dressed as a doctor except for cavalry boots, responds "Hold him fast, Bob, I'll soon make him swallow it. there it goes Johnny you wil be quite a different man after this."
Alternative Title:
Dr. Arther & his man Bob giving John Bull a bolus and Dr. Arther and his man Bob giving John Bull a bolus
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top., The figure with hat and cane is a device of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath., and Advertisement following subtitle: "Political & other caricatures daily pub[lished]."
Publisher:
Pub. April 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Catholic emancipation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Drugs, Dosage forms, Mortars & pestles, Medicines, Politicians, and Physicians
Title from item., Date supplied by cataloger., Above image: Actualités; 190., Published in Le Charivari., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, French.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse 29 Paris and Imp Ch Trinocq Cour des MIracles 9 Paris
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Véron, Louis Désiré, 1798-1867, Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877, and France. Assemblée nationale législative (1849-1851).
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Petitions, History, and Politics and government
A collection of James Sayers' prints, mostly political satires and caricatures, mounted on blue paper and assembled by an unknown collector; topics include, in addition to general political topics of the late 18th century, the Warren Hastings trial, the East India Company, and the French Revolution. Mostly black ink, with one in brown and one in blue. Prints were published by C. Bretherton, Ja. Bretherton, Thomas Cornell, and H. Humphrey
Description:
Title from spine., Bound in three quarter red morocco with spine title: Sayer's caricatures., and Accompanied by a typed list of titles bound in, with page numbers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Political satire, English, Politics and government, and History
Title and date from item., Published in Punch, or the London Charivari, 22 November 1879., Bradbury & Evans were publishers of Punch at the time, and were located in London., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Bradbury & Evans
Subject (Name):
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 and St. Cyres, Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount, 1869-1926
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Economic conditions, Alchemy, Politicians, Chemicals, and Bellows
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., In image lower left: By a free Lance., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, British.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Politicians, Nightmares, Ethnic stereotypes, Skeletons, and Crowns