Iohn Bull peeping into futurity [graphic]

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Description

Title
Iohn Bull peeping into futurity [graphic]
Alternative Title
John Bull peeping into futurity
Creator
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Contributor
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, publisher.
Published / Created
[between 1801 and 1803?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle Row, Holborn
Abstract

A minister, possibly the Chancellor, holds out a large magnifying glass in his right and and gestures with his left hand. He is wearing a long coat and a long powdered wig. He addresses John Bull: Look through this glass Mr Bull and behold your future prosperity, looking towards a cloud within which the future is foretold. In the cloud John Bull is depicted in seven different scenarios: drinking unadulterated porter, free from taxes, smoking Trinidad tobacco, talking French & grown quite a fine gentleman, eating cinnamon from Ceylon, free from care, and with bread at 6d the quarter loaf. John Bull says: 'what be all those people I see. Mercy on us so many good things will be more than I can bear'. His companion replies: 'Look through this glass Mr. Bull & behold your future prosperity, it magnifies but very little I assure you'.

Description
Title etched below image.
Date of publication inferred from dates given in the British Museum catalogue for other prints after Woodward that were likewise etched and published by Roberts. Cf. Nos. 9729, 9850, and 9965 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance
Jarndyce; May 2018.
Extent
1 print : sheet 25.7 x 33 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
801.00.00.23

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1801
Etchings England London 1801
Watermarks (Paper) W. Elgar
Material
etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain
Subject (Name)
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic)
National characteristics, English
Colonies
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Hand lenses
Ethnic stereotypes
Subjects
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
National characteristics, English > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Colonies > 19th century
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Hand lenses
Ethnic stereotypes
England > 1801
England > London > 1801
W. Elgar

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13630928
Object ID (OID)
16702977

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