"John Bull (left) and a Frenchman (right) sit on two chairs; each scowls over his shoulder at the other. The Englishman is stout and plainly dressed, his hair is short and without powder, he wears top-boots. In his right hand he holds a foaming tankard which rests on his knee; in his left is a gnarled stick. The Frenchman is thin, wears a pigtail queue, ruffled shirt and laced waistcoat. He clutches in both hands a bowl in which is a spoon, evidently the soup-meagre of English caricature. Each man has a dog under his chair, and the beasts snarl at each other. The English dog is some sort of mastiff; his collar is inscribed "T. Crus[ty]"; the French dog is of greyhound type. Over John Bull's head is engraved "You be D------m'd"; over the Frenchman's, "Vous etes une Bete"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Lettering attributed to James Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), National characteristics, English, and National characteristics, French
