John Bull Collection (page 2)

A Rough Sketch of the Times as Deleniated by Sir Francis Burdett, 1810. 1810
A Rough Sketch of the Times as Deleniated by Sir Francis Burdett, 1810

High Fun for John Bull, or the Republicans Put to their Last Shift, November 12, 1798

St. Valentines Day or John Bull intercepting a Letter to his Wife, February 23, 1809

The Resignation, or John Bull Over-Whelmed with Grief, March 24, 1809. March 24, 1809
The Resignation, or John Bull Over-Whelmed with Grief, March 24, 1809

New State Omnibus, or the Man wot is Cad... 1834. Creator: John Doyle
New State Omnibus, or the Man wot is Cad to the Man wot was Cad to the Man wot drove the Sovereign, 1834. John Bull says Time ; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Trios Dogs, A Graphic Tale, with a Moral, for those who can find it out!, 1834. Creator
Trios Dogs, A Graphic Tale, with a Moral, for those who can find it out!, 1834. Prime minister Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington holding a bone labelled Power ; Governor-General of Canada John

A Poney Race for a Saddle (a Seat) at Cambridge, 1834. Creator: John Doyle
A Poney Race for a Saddle (a Seat) at Cambridge, 1834. Satirical scene showing British politicians as horses and jockeys in a race: Leader of the Whigs Charles Grey

Funcking the Corsican, pub. 1813 (hand coloured engraving). Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Funcking the Corsican, pub. 1813 (hand coloured engraving). Napole on Bonaparte (1769– 1821); Napoleon is surrounded by the powers of Europe who have all turned against him

An Hieroglyphic for 1830, pub. 1830 (hand coloured engraving). Creator: William Heath
An Hieroglyphic for 1830, pub. 1830 (hand coloured engraving)

The Consular Warehouse or a Great Man nail d to the Counter, pub. 1802 (hand coloured engraving). Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)

Doctor Boney_bringing the Powers to Pot... 1808 (hand coloured engraving). Creator
Doctor Boney_bringing the Powers to Pot, or John Bull and his friends rather shy, pub. 1808 (hand coloured engraving). Napole on Bonaparte (1769– 1821)

The Beard and Moustache Movement, 1854. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Beard and Moustache Movement. John Bull in a Beard; or, The Advantages of Travel and Education. 1854. John Bull, the personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular

John Bull and the sinking fund, 1807. Artist: James Gillray
John Bull and the sinking fund, 1807. A p(r)etty scheme for reducing the taxes and paying off the National Debt; showing John Bull on his hands and knees on a flat rock

Earl of Chatham, 1809. Chatham, who sits in an armchair, is attended by a hideous doctor who takes his pulse. On his other side is Sir William Curtis in sailors and John Bull

Results of the northern excursion, 1822. Artist: George Cruikshank
Results of the northern excursion, 1822. The image shows George IV and Sir William Curtis. The King is rubbing his fingers, a gesture known as playing the Scotch fiddle

Dedication to London Publicans, London, c1800
Sir John Barleycorn - Miss Hop...; c1800. Scene showing a stout man crowned with barley and poppies and bound in a sheaf of barley, sitting on the grass, smoking a long pipe

Napoleon on a plate ready to be carved, 1814. A satire on Napoleon Bonaparte, who appears, skewered like a fowl, on a plate, bearing the City arms

An appropriate emblem for the triumphal arch of the new (Buckingham) palace
An appropriate emblem for the triumphal arch of the new palace - dedicated to the poor penny-less-priest-ridden and paralysed John Bull

John Bull & the arch-itect wot builds the arches - &c - &c - &c - &c, 1829. John Nash standing between the two wings of Buckingham Palace confronted by John Bull, holding a long scroll

The Cats let out of the bag or the Rats in Dismay, 1811
The Cats let out of the bag or the Rats in Dismay, pub March 1811 (hand coloured etching). The cats and rats faces are several famous political figures

A Design for an Album, 1835
A Design for an Album, pub. 1835 (hand coloured engraving)

Consular Coachmanship!!, 1803
Consular Coachmanship!!, pub. By William Holland, May 22, 1803 (hand coloured engraving)

The Death of the Property Tax!! or 37 Mortal Wounds for Ministers and the Inquisitional Commissioners, pub. 1816 (hand coloured engraving)

Bravuras. Rival Syrens or John Bulls rehearsal of Capt. Macheath, 1807
Bravuras. Rival Syrens or John Bulls rehearsal of Capt. Macheath, pub. 1807 (hand coloured engraving)

John Bull the Leviatan of the Ocean or the French Fleet sailing into the Mouth of the Nile December 12th, 1798, pub. London 1798 (hand coloured engraving)

John Bull going to the Wars, c18th century, (1902). Artist: James Gilray
John Bull going to the Wars, c18th century. From The Connoisseur Vol. III [Otto Limited, London, 1902.]

Urbi et Orbi, 1889. Henry Jeams, Sir Wretched Fibster and John Bull. Sir Wretched Fibster was the name given by Irish supporters of Home Rule to Sir Richard Webster (1842-1915)

John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician, satirist, mathematician and polymath (1906). Arbuthnot (1667-1735) was the inventor of the figure of John Bull

Stand Back!, John Bull helps little Belgium to bar the German invader, First World War, 1914. Kaiser Wilhelm II tries to push against Britain in the form of John Bull

Queen Elizabeth II (b1926), 1953. From the front cover of John Bull magazine (30 May 1953). Cropping restrictions are in place

Vacation Amusements No 4, 1840. Artist: John Doyle
Vacation Amusements No 4, 1840. A young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert join the Duke of Wellington for some holiday sketching and painting

The Irish Horse and Master (?), 1885. Artist: John Tenniel
The Irish Horse and Master (?), 1885. Mr Punch tells John Bull to ignore Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), Irish politician, as he is sure to come a cropper riding the Irish horse

Great Cattle Show, 1850. The Roman Bull that didn t get the prize. Mr Punch and John Bull viewing the Bull (Papal edict on the restoration of the English Roman Catholic Church) with distaste

Lydia Ernestine Becker (1827-1890), British advocate of female suffrage, 1870. The editor of Womens Suffrage Journal 1870-1890

Convention-al Politeness, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
Convention-al Politeness, 1887. John Bull, the representative of the British people, handed over the Suez Canal Convention to France

An Appeal from Science, 1887. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
An Appeal from Science, 1887. Science holds out a hand to John Bull. Science, in the mid-Victorian period, was gaining a high profile with each new technological and medical development

Sending Round the Hat, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
Sending Round the Hat, 1887. John Bull, the representative of the British people, opens his purse to make a donation to the Church of England

High Jinks!, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
High Jinks!, 1886. The Russian Bear can be seen dancing on Bulgarian soil, watched by Prince Bismarck of Germany and Britains representative of law and order, Policeman A1 John Bull

The New Captain, 1885. Artist: Joseph Swain
Mr John Bull, the representative of the British people, is on a boat being sailed by the new Conservative Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury

The Dynamite Skunk, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Dynamite Skunk, 1884. John Bull shouts across the water at America. There had been a number of explosions in London in recent months

The International Health Exhibition, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The International Health Exhibition, 1884. John Bull, representing Britain, is one of the many walking wounded in this line-up. China, Turkey and Russia are also represented, as are Italy and Spain

A Question of Supply, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Question of Supply, 1884. John Bull, the representative of the British people, tells the Duke of Richmond quite plainly that the proposed Cattle Bill should first

The Real Parliamentary Whip, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Real Parliamentary Whip, 1884. Mr Punch encourages Mr John Bull as, armed with a whip labelled public opinion he heads in a determined fashion for the House of Commons

Why Should England Wait?, 1884. John Bull, the representative of the British people, urges the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, to unmuzzle the British Lion

The Beast of Burden, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Beast of Burden, 1884. John Bull is depicted trying to persuade the camel representing Egypt and laden with political issues, to move, whilst France offers to take over the task

The Model School, 1882. A young John Bull shows Mr William Forster his model of a Board School. In Gladstones Liberal administration of 1868-74

Safe!, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
Safe!, 1882. John Bull, able-seaman, is shown tenderly cradling the infant Suez Canal. On the 28th July 1882, it was agreed that the Canal should operate under the joint protection of the six great

A Self-Denying Policy!, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Self-Denying Policy!, 1882. The French sailor congratulates John Bull on a job well done, and proposes to share in the glory

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