"A hand printing-press of metal (a Stanhope Press), supported on the stout legs of a man in breeches which seem to belong to a John Bull, puts to flight mere pigmy humans: two flee to the right, one propelled by a kick from a huge buckled shoe; two others have fallen. Two levers or handles serve as arms; one has a hand which grasps a giant pen, the feather entwined with three serpents which spit flame at the departing legs and cocked hat of Wellington, who, kicked into the air, disappears behind the upper right margin of the design. Another pair of legs, with the black stockings and buckled shoes of Eldon, project from the upper left margin; beside them a single leg and a broom indicate the departing Brougham. A second lever supports a print, 'The Man Wot Drives The Sovereign', copied from British Museum satires no. 15731; a flame issues from the press, threatening to scorch or destroy the print. The press is topped by a cap of Liberty inscribed 'Free Press' and encircled with a wreath. A little demon (a printer's devil) rushes towards the press from the left, holding up a big ink-ball."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of P. Pry caricatu[...]., and This image was possibly published in Paul Pry, a newspaper dedicated to exposing political corruption and religious fraud. William Heath often worked with Thomas McLean and is well known for his caricatures and satirical imagery.
Publisher:
Pub. May 30th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838., and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
Subject (Topic):
Free press and fair trial, Wit and humor, Pictorial, John Bull (Symbolic character), Arcimboldesque figures, Demons, Kicking, Liberty cap, and Printing presses
"John Bull, a fat 'cit', walks on hands and feet, overburdened with panniers containing royal dukes and their wives. He raises the left leg to propel the Duke of Clarence from his back into a pond (right); on the Duke's shoulders sit two young women, who are also about to land in the pond in which is a notice-board: 'Slough of Jordan'. Three pairs of feminine legs and one pair in trousers emerge from the pond, where their owners have fallen head first; two chamber-pots inconspicuously floating among the legs show by a coarse pun that these belong to FitzClarences, the Duke's children by Mrs. Jordan, cf. No. 7908, &c. The Duke who flourishes a cat-o'-nine-tails, exclaims "Curse him he has kick'd me off, take [sic] we shall be in the slough by G-". In the near pannier on John's left stands the Duke of Kent, one arm round his betrothed, the other flourishing a long whip, with his right leg raised and resting on John's shoulder, which his spur gashes. Beside the Princess of Leiningen stands the Duchess of Cumberland extending her arms towards her husband who lies on the ground, clutching a whip with a long weighted lash. She says: "Oh mine dear why you Tomble out make hase [sic] haste you get up again!" He: "No! No! my dear this is the second fall I have had, I shall not venture a third time, so you must e'en ride without me!" In the other pannier stands the Duke of Cambridge, raising his heavy whip to lash John Bull; his betrothed, the Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, stands behind him with her hands on his shoulders. He says: "Come up you lazy Animal why you are as sluggish as a Jack Ass! spur him up, -why the stupid Animal is totally ignorant of the honor done him, Aye and of the grandeur and brilliance we shall display. beside Johnny its the Money we want not the Wives, consider the number of Bastards we have to keep,." She says: "Ah so you whip de Monies from Johnny Bull." John, looking up towards his tormentors, says: "Curse the honor, the Brilliance, the Luxury, extravagance, the Debauchery and all the rest, give me but a little ease, and allow me to keep a little of my hard earnings, and then I will trudge on, but I cannot labour without Victuals, or pay without Money, t'is too much for any Animal to bear." All the brothers wear uniform; Clarence that of an admiral, Cumberland that of a hussar, with furred dolman. Princess Elizabeth and her husband, see No. 12986, &c., stand together in the background (left) in travelling dress, watching John Bull. Near them and on the extreme left is Castlereagh standing on a mounting-block with three steps inscribed respectively: 'Conceit', 'Importance', 'Effrontery'. He takes from a man whose hand and foot only are visible (as in other representations of the Regent) a great pile of new burdens for John Bull, saying, "I'll put it on! he will bear it, and more still." These bulky packages are: 'New fasioned [sic] Loans', 'New export Duties', 'New Yachts', 'New Madhouses', 'New Palaces', 'New Streets', 'New Jails', 'New Churches'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Poor Jonny ridden to death
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The marriages of the Dukes of Clarence, Kent and Cambridge were hastened by the death of Princess Charlotte, and the image reflects the debates of April 15 and 16, 1818, on a provision for the dukes on their marriages. The Duke of Cumberland was included in the financial arrangements., and With contemporary pencil sketch in pencil on verso.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1818 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and English wit and humor, Pictorial
"John Bull, a fat 'cit', walks on hands and feet, overburdened with panniers containing royal dukes and their wives. He raises the left leg to propel the Duke of Clarence from his back into a pond (right); on the Duke's shoulders sit two young women, who are also about to land in the pond in which is a notice-board: 'Slough of Jordan'. Three pairs of feminine legs and one pair in trousers emerge from the pond, where their owners have fallen head first; two chamber-pots inconspicuously floating among the legs show by a coarse pun that these belong to FitzClarences, the Duke's children by Mrs. Jordan, cf. No. 7908, &c. The Duke who flourishes a cat-o'-nine-tails, exclaims "Curse him he has kick'd me off, take [sic] we shall be in the slough by G-". In the near pannier on John's left stands the Duke of Kent, one arm round his betrothed, the other flourishing a long whip, with his right leg raised and resting on John's shoulder, which his spur gashes. Beside the Princess of Leiningen stands the Duchess of Cumberland extending her arms towards her husband who lies on the ground, clutching a whip with a long weighted lash. She says: "Oh mine dear why you Tomble out make hase [sic] haste you get up again!" He: "No! No! my dear this is the second fall I have had, I shall not venture a third time, so you must e'en ride without me!" In the other pannier stands the Duke of Cambridge, raising his heavy whip to lash John Bull; his betrothed, the Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, stands behind him with her hands on his shoulders. He says: "Come up you lazy Animal why you are as sluggish as a Jack Ass! spur him up, -why the stupid Animal is totally ignorant of the honor done him, Aye and of the grandeur and brilliance we shall display. beside Johnny its the Money we want not the Wives, consider the number of Bastards we have to keep,." She says: "Ah so you whip de Monies from Johnny Bull." John, looking up towards his tormentors, says: "Curse the honor, the Brilliance, the Luxury, extravagance, the Debauchery and all the rest, give me but a little ease, and allow me to keep a little of my hard earnings, and then I will trudge on, but I cannot labour without Victuals, or pay without Money, t'is too much for any Animal to bear." All the brothers wear uniform; Clarence that of an admiral, Cumberland that of a hussar, with furred dolman. Princess Elizabeth and her husband, see No. 12986, &c., stand together in the background (left) in travelling dress, watching John Bull. Near them and on the extreme left is Castlereagh standing on a mounting-block with three steps inscribed respectively: 'Conceit', 'Importance', 'Effrontery'. He takes from a man whose hand and foot only are visible (as in other representations of the Regent) a great pile of new burdens for John Bull, saying, "I'll put it on! he will bear it, and more still." These bulky packages are: 'New fasioned [sic] Loans', 'New export Duties', 'New Yachts', 'New Madhouses', 'New Palaces', 'New Streets', 'New Jails', 'New Churches'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Poor Jonny ridden to death
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The marriages of the Dukes of Clarence, Kent and Cambridge were hastened by the death of Princess Charlotte, and the image reflects the debates of April 15 and 16, 1818, on a provision for the dukes on their marriages. The Duke of Cumberland was included in the financial arrangements., and With contemporary pencil sketch in pencil on verso.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1818 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and English wit and humor, Pictorial
Title from item., Attributed to West in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to taxes -- Reference to Prince of Wales's debt -- Reference to subsidies -- Reference to pensions -- Bills: Convention Bill., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 17, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Wellington drives a large new coach pulled by three horses with human heads. He is dressed in a a triple-caped greatcoat and broad brimmed hat and flicks the long whip with skill on the backs of the horses depicted with the heads of John Bull and on either side, stock characters of an Irishman and Scotsman wearing traditional hats. They ride on a road labelled "national debt' as the horses hoves sink in the mud labelled "sinking fund." Peel rides behind in the conductor's seat. One of the four curtains on the windows of the omnibus is pulled aside to reveal George IV about to kiss Lady Conyngham. The splash board of the new omnibus is painted with the gold initials 'GR' and a crown
Alternative Title:
Omnibus
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printseller's announcement following publication statement: sole publisher of WH's etchings.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 15th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Catholic emancipation, Debts, public, John Bull (Symbolic character), Economic conditions, Buses, and British
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 7 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
John Bull stands defiantly in the center of a crowd of angry men -- military officers, gentlemen of various ages, tradesmen, and an amputee -- most of whom hold out bills ranging between £50 and £5000; the speech bubbles above their heads read: "King's taxes"; "Police rate"; "Parish rates"; "Excise duties"; "Tithes church rates pew rents & Easter doos [sic]"; "Sundres &c." John Bull's response reads, "Damme ye had better devour me., ye voratious crew. Am I never to have my hands out of my pocket again, but 't wont last long lads. I shall soon be in the Gazette & then ye lazy drones ye must work hard for you own livings." The man with a large belly on the lower right carries a little dog under his arm
Description:
Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Paper watermarked: J.R. 1828., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, Anger, Crowds, Demonstrations, Dogs, Men, Military officers, and Obesity
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 June 1832]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 832 no. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The head and fore-paws of a bull-dog, its Collar inscribed 'John Bull', extends into the design from the right. Its left paw presses down a rat with the head of Wellington, who looks up in anguish at the dog's angry jowl. Behind are other frightened rats with human heads: a bloated bishop, Peel, Wetherell, Eldon, Cumberland, and two others. The rats have been robbing the barn of ears of wheat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image; series statement at top of image., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Text following series statement: Political, satirical, and humourous. Price one penny., Text below title: Reform yourselves, or my method may not suit you., Publisher's advertisement in a panel below title: Chubb's edition of the Reform Bill is just printed, price 3d., containing every clause and schedule as in the original edition ..., Additional publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: All the numbers of John Bull's picture gallery will be re-printed next week and may be had at the publisher's, W. Chubb, 48 Holywell Street, Strand, London., and A copy after of no. 16647 in v. 11 of Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
W. Chubb
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, George V, King of Hanover, 1819-1878, and Tory Party (Great Britain)
"The Duke of York (left), in uniform, wearing cocked hat, gorget, and sword, runs towards John Bull (right), a stolid yokel in a smock. He says: "Good-Bye Johny-I am going to resign-but dont take it so much to heart, perhaps I may soon come back again". John, who stands hat in hand, holds a handkerchief to his eye, to conceal a smile. He looks down, saying, "O Dunna-dunna go-it will break my heart to part with you-you be such a despirate Moral Character!!""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Resignation, or, John Bull overwhelmed with grief, John Bull over-whelmd. with grief, and John Bull overwhelmed with grief
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Mounted to 29 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 24th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 and Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A dancing contest between the Queen, who carries the King on her shoulders, and Lord Brougham; John Bull and an aristocrat present the show
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., and No. 51.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868