John Bull peppering the Italian rascals, or, A kick from Harwich to Holland [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- John Bull peppering the Italian rascals, or, A kick from Harwich to Holland [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Kick from Harwich to Holland
- Contributor
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Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, attributed name.
Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher. - Published / Created
- [July 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published July 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
- Abstract
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"John Bull (left), wearing a star centred by a heart: 'Queens Order of Knighthood', furiously kicks Italian witnesses from a quay into the sea, where (right) a boat waits to take them to a packet-boat. His bull-dog is about to bite, and he raises a massive bludgeon, kicking a lean grenadier with an empty sleeve, to whose back is tied a large green bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735) inscribed 'Infernal Lies from Como' [cf. No. 13857]. On this capers a demon, holding a noose above the Italian's head, and in the left hand a little gibbet from which hangs a tiny effigy of the Grenadier with his bundle. The Italian holds a stiletto and wears a high cap with dangling bell on which are skull and cross-bones. J. B. shouts: "This is Freedom's own Land, 'tis the land of the Queen, Where no hired traducers shall ever be seen, Be off each vile Eunuch--be off high and low or I'll knock you to H--ll with an Englishmans blow!!" The Italian looks back to say: "If thus you pay Italian Spies I'll bring no more Infernal Lies" Another Italian wearing braided livery is knee-deep in the sea, he looks back angrily at John, holding dagger and pistol. A terrified foreigner, ragged but fashionable, leaps towards the water, exclaiming: "Diable!! Jean Anglaise [sic]." A woman with a bunch of keys, in full flight, pours the contents of a 'Pot de Chambre' over a grotesque lawyer (Leach), who is racing down steps to the water with a green bag of 'Lies from Milan'. She says: "Dis Pot contains mine Evidence--do taste it Signor Horse Leach, you vill find very strong proof of Guilt." Leach, looking over his shoulder, says: "This Business smells strong We have kept it too long" A sturdy sailor standing in a boat at the foot of the steps fends him off with a boat-hook, saying: "Shew me a clean bill of health signed Caroline or by G d you sha'nt come on board here."."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Questionably attributed to William Elmes in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side.
"Vivant Regina!!"--Beneath lower right corner of image.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 41 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf). - Provenance
- Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone." William Reese Company; February 2024.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25.3 x 37.7 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Leach, John, 1760-1834 - Subject (Topic)
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John Bull (Symbolic character)
Witnesses
Ethnic stereotypes
Boats
Dogs
Staffs (Sticks)
Demons
Nooses
Gallows
Daggers & swords
Handguns
Keys (Hardware)
Bags
Lawyers
Sailors
British - Subjects
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Leach, John, 1760-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Witnesses
Ethnic stereotypes
Boats
Dogs
Staffs (Sticks)
Demons
Nooses
Gallows
Daggers & swords
Handguns
Keys (Hardware)
Bags
Lawyers
Sailors > British
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 17386672
- Object ID (OID)
- 33245720