The Caledonian slaughter-house, or, The death of John Bull [graphic].

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Title: The Caledonian slaughter-house, or, The death of John Bull [graphic].
Alternative Title: Caledonian slaughterhouse, or, The death of John Bull
Death of John Bull
Published / Created: [September 1762]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire on the negotiations for peace with France. A scene in a slaughter house with a tethered bull over which Lord Bute raises a poll axe while a French cook exclaims to a butcher that the calf's head (the Duke of Bedford) that he holds has no brains. Verses below allude to slaughtered sheep hanging on the wall and beside the block as "Butcher'd and Sold ...for Curst Gallic Gold"; they blame British humiliation on the Scots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Two columns of verse below image: Alas! poor John Bull how severe is thy lot, to be led to the slaughter by Sawney the Scot ...
Mounted to 34 x 47 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 19 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic): John Bull (Symbolic character)
Treaty of Paris
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Treaty of Paris (1763 February 10)
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

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