- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.21.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt (left), as a toreador, rides a rearing white horse (of Hanover) with a spear directed horizontally against a buil (John Bull) snorting fire and bleeding from many wounds. He wears a short tunic and sash; his saddle-cloth is a leopard-skin on which is a crest: the white horse of Hanover enclosed in a Garter ribbon inscribed 'Honi soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crown. He looks alarmed and spurs his horse viciously. Two tiers of spectators in an arc of the arena are freely sketched. In the upper row George III looking through a glass is in the centre, on his left is the Queen, on his right Loughborough. The man next the Queen is (?) Grenville. In the lower tier Fox is conspicuous with (?) the Prince of Wales on his left; Sheridan stands behind them. The other spectators are members of the Opposition or ragamuffins. Those who can be identified are (right to left): Stanhope, Derby, Grafton, Lansdowne. A chimney-sweep applauds with brush and shovel. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Three lines of text beginning to the left of title and continuing below it: Description from the royal bull fight of 1795. Then entered a bull of the true British breed ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Treason -- Emblems : the White Horse of Hanover -- Male costume: toreador.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 21st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal bull-fight [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 March 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.03.14.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A lumbering wagon drawn (l. to r.) by eight asses is stuck fast, up to the axles in water; the asses strain hard to drag it up a steep slope to dry land. Its dilapidated tilt is much patched and is labelled 'British State Waggon 1804'. The wagoner, Addington (r.), kneels on an adjacent bank, and shouts to a fat and jovial John Bull, dressed as a volunteer, who stands on the opposite bank of the deeply sunken lane, his bulldog beside him. Addington wears a smock, but his powdered hair is in a black bag. He holds his long whip and his hat in his right. hand, and extends his left. arm, shouting, " - help, Johnny Bull! - help! - my Waggon's stuck fast in the Slough! - help! help." John, who holds his bayoneted musket, looks down at Addington, pointing behind him with outflung r. arm at thirteen horses with human heads above and behind him on rising ground. He answers: " - stuck fast in the Slough! - ay to be sure! - why dost'nt put better Cattle to thy Wain? - look at them there Horses doing o' nothing at all! - what ether they matches in Colour, if they do but drag the Waggon out o' the Mud! - don't ye see how the very thoughts o' being put into Harness makes 'em all love and nubble one another?" The horses, [The identifications (most being self-evident) are those of Miss Banks, the alternatives in brackets being those of E. Hawkins. Wright and Evans arrange them differently and omit Spencer and Lansdowne.] though close together, are in groups. On the extreme left., and rather behind the others, Lord Spencer (or Carlisle) rubs noses with Carlisle (or Lauderdale), Erskine (in wig and bands) with Wilberforce. In front of this group the bulky Lansdowne (or Norfolk) lies on the ground, asleep, his back to the others. Next, Grey turns his head towards the haughty Buckingham, who wears spectacles and a Garter ribbon. Their backs are turned to the main group of four: Fox, with a foreleg placed on Grenville's shoulder looks up affectionately at the latter, who responds with a complacent smile. Pitt watches the pair with haughty benignity; Canning, behind, watches them intently. On the extreme right. Sheridan (a plump piebald), scowling fiercely, kicks up his heels at Windham, who retorts with a blast of excrement, his head turned towards Fox and Grenville. In the foreground (l.) is the stage-wagon (the slowest form of transit), drawn by its eight undifferentiated asses. The tilt is open at the back, showing it crammed with bundles, &c. The centre-piece is a bulging sack: 'Budget for 1804', from which project papers inscribed 'Taxes'. A treasure-chest is inscribed 'Treasury'; coins pour from a hole in its side. It is flanked by two bundles: 'Secret Service Money' and 'Family Pickings'. A bundle of 'Pensions' consists of bulky papers inscribed 'Sinecure'. Large volumes tied together are 'New Acts of Parliament'. Other papers are 'Defence against Invasion'; 'State of Ireland'; 'East Indies'. A bundle of 'Loans for / 84' [sic] contains 'Navy Bills' and 'Exchequer Bills'. There are also three tiny barrels of 'Gun Powder' and a bundle of muskets inscribed 'Volunteers'. From the side of the wagon hangs a basket of 'Family Medicine' containing two bottles labelled 'Broth[er] Bra[gge]' and 'Brother Hiley'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- State wagoner and John Bull, Waggon too much for the donkeys!, and Wagon too much for the donkeys!
- Description:
- Title etched in upper left corner of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint. Imprint from British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 37 x 56 cm., and Collector's annotations on mount.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 14th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Windham, William, 1750-1810, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state waggoner and John Bull, or, The waggon too much for the donkeys! together with a distant view of the new coalition among Johnny's old horses / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.14.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right, John Bull, standing next to a broken anchor, raises his arms in despair saying, "'Tis lost! Irrecoverably lost!" Above his head, a demon flies away with a partially rolled up map of America while a Frenchman standing to his right offers him snuff as consolation. Behind the Frenchman, an angry Spaniard points to the rock of Gibraltar in the background and the exploding ships below it. On the far left, a Dutchman watches the scene in front of him
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Aprl. 14th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Gibraltar and Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Dutch, French, Spanish, History, Foreign relations, Anchors, Demons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The times, anno 1783 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 May 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.05.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Round a bare and decayed oak-tree is twined a serpent with the head of Fox; he has scaly arms with human hands and holds out a damaged apple inscribed 'Reform', saying, "nice Apple, Johnny! - nice Apple". John Bull (left) is a fat and squat yokel, wearing the Windsor uniform of blue coat with red collar and cuffs. The pockets of his coat and waistcoat bulge with round golden apples. His back is to Fox, towards whom he looks out of the corners of his eyes, saying: "Very nice N'apple indeed! - but my Pokes are all full of Pippins from off t'other Tree: & besides, I hates Medlars, they're so domn'd rotten! that I'se afraid they'll gie me the Guts-ach for all their vine looks!" Fox's scaly tail is coiled round the upper branches; its tip issues from a large cap of 'Liberté', decorated with tricolour cockade and ribbons, which is poised on a branch. The trunk of the tree is 'Opposition'; its roots are: 'Envy', 'Ambition', 'Disappointment'. The main branches are 'Rights of Man' (see BMSat 7867, &c.) and 'Profligacy'. Each rotten apple or medlar has an inscription: 'Democracy.', 'Treason.', 'Slavery.', 'Atheism.', 'Blasphemy.', 'Plunder.', 'Murder.', 'Whig Club', 'Impiety', 'Revolution', 'Conspiracy', 'Corresponding Society', 'Deism', 'Age of Reason' (Paine's deistic book). In the background (right) is an oak in full leaf: its trunk is 'Justice', the roots 'Commons', 'King', 'Lords', the branches 'Laws' and 'Religion'. From it hangs a crown surrounded by 'pippins', some inscribed 'Freedom', 'Happiness', 'Security'. (Cf. BMSat 8287, &c.)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Liberty: tree of liberty -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform -- Literature: Thomas Paine's Rights of Man -- Vices -- Cap of liberty as bonnet rouge -- Serpents -- Reforms., and Watermark: 1794.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 23d, 1798, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tree of liberty with the devil tempting John Bull [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.05.23.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate from: London und Paris. Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1798, v. 2, opp. p. 216., Numbered 'No. V' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Liberty: tree of liberty -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform -- Literature: Thomas Paine's Rights of Man -- Vices -- Cap of liberty as bonnet rouge -- Serpents -- Reforms., Mounted to 33 x 40 cm., and Watermark (partially trimmed): Strasburg lily.
- Publisher:
- Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tree of liberty with the devil tempting John Bull [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.04.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tun of 'Wine' lies on solid trestles inscribed 'Treasury Bench'. From its huge bung-hole emerges the naked body of Pitt, as Bacchus, crowned with vine branches. He leans back tipsily, a brimming glass in each hand. Behind him stands Dundas as Silenus, fat, and partly draped in tartan; his right hand grasps Pitt's shoulder, in his left he holds up a brimming glass. He also is crowned with vine branches. Bunches of grapes hang down from a vine above their heads and are indicated as a background to the cask whose trestles are on a dais covered with a fringed carpet. Opposite the tun stands John Bull in profile to the left, looking up at Pitt, hat in hand; in his left hand is a lank purse, under his arm three empty bottles. He is a yokel, with lank hair and hydrocephalic head, wearing a smock and wrinkled gaiters. He says: "Pray Mr Bacchus have a bit of consideration for old John; - you know as how I've emptied my Purse already for you - & its waundedly hard to raise the price of a drop of Comfort, now that one's got no Money left for to pay for it!!!" Pitt says: "Twenty Pounds a T-Tun, ad-additional Duty i-i-if you d-d-don't like it at that, why t-t-t-then Dad & I will keep it all for o-o-our own Drinking, so here g-g-goes old Bu-Bu-Bull & Mouth!!! - "."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Triumph of Bacchus & Silenus and Triumph of Bacchus and Silenus
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Wine duty, 1796 -- Mythology: Bacchus -- Silenus -- Containers: wine casks -- Allusion to Treasury., and Watermark: I Taylor.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Dionysus (Greek deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxes, Wine, Grapes, Barrels, and Purses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wine duty, or, The triumph of Bacchus & Silenus with John Bulls remonstrance / [graphic]