Bull bamboozled both ways - robbed in one department, and burnt out in another [graphic]

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Title: Bull bamboozled both ways - robbed in one department, and burnt out in another [graphic]
Creator: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Cousins, Benjamin Davy, active 1835-1879, publisher.
Published / Created: [after 30 October 1841]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and published by B.D. Cousins, 18, Duke-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
Abstract: Wellington (as Constable of the Tower of London) holds a pistol to the head of John Bull, as Henry Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) harangues Bull from the other side, forcing John to reach into his pockets to pay for the rebuilding of the Tower of London, seen burning in the background
Description: Title from item.
Signed with the initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant.
Part of a new series of The political drama that was begun in 1841. See pages 12-13 in: C.J. Grant's political drama: a radical satirist rediscovered. London : University College, c1998.
Sheet trimmed with partial loss of printed border.
Wood engraving with letterpress text.
"Price 1d. plain."--Upper right corner.
Mounted to: 57 x 38 cm. With a fragment of a burnt document from the 30 October fire at the Tower of London that destroyed the Grand Armoury. With a note saying that it had been recovered on 6 November. The fragment contains references to Viscount Townsherd (Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance in the Greenville Ministry in 1763), Sir Charles Frederick (1709-1785), and James Syme are among the legible names.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27.5 x 37 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English