"John Bull, fat and faint, lies back in an arm-chair with a deal table before him, left foot on cushion; he is in shirt and breeches. Round him are three doctors: Wellington (left), with the over-sleeve of a surgeon, holds a bayonet with which he is about to bleed the right arm over a bucket inscribed 'Pure British'. Peel (right), more insinuatingly, proffers a large bolus. Behind John's chair stands the King, saying, 'Patience Johnny'. Wellington, who wears blue frock-coat and white trousers, looks down at the patient through spectacles; he says: 'Come, Mr Bull, you are very plethoric--it is absolutely necessary that I phlebotomise you--you have a determination of blood to the head with strong symptoms of Choler!!!' Peel: 'Come, John, you must take this anodyne pill,--it will compose you "The ulcerous parts are only peel & skin I whilst deep corruption's mining all within" Pope' [sic]. On the table are a large pill-box inscribed 'Musket Balls', and a bottle labelled 'Black Dose Bitters' which stand on a paper: 'Prescription Taxation Decline of Trade National debt Want of Free Trade &c &c &c &c'. On the boarded floor is Wellington's syringe inscribed 'Injection of Injuries'. On the wall are a pair of pistols, 'Firing Irons', and a sabretache and bayonet inscribed respectively 'Pill Box' and 'Lancet'. J. B.'s dog (right) angrily befouls a chest inscribed 'Medecines Wise remedies Property Tax'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as John Phillips in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.9158., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, British -- The Lancet.
Publisher:
Pub. March 8, 1830, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850., and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Finance, Public, Property tax, Politicians, Physician and patient, Phlebotomy, Dogs, Costume, History, Hypodermic syringes, Pails, Bayonets, Handguns, and Urination
Title from text above image., Print caption: We shall find the little dear at his studies. You can't think how fond he is of his Bible ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"John Bull, a fat "cit", is beset by descending water covered with the word 'Tax', many times repeated, in which dogs, cats, and pitchforks fall with violence. His eyes and spectacles are transfixed by a pitchfork inscribed 'Window Tax'; the shaft of another inscribed 'Malt & Hops Tax' sticks in his bleeding mouth, dislodging teeth. His paunch is pierced with a third fork; the handle, inscribed 'Tax ...' [&c. &c], supports an angry cat, spitting 'Tax ...' Another falling cat knocks off his wig, which emits a cloud of powder inscribed 'Powder Tax'. His gouty feet, in slashed shoes, are stabbed by three pitchforks: 'Corn Laws' [the biggest, cf. British Museum Satires No. 15510]; 'Leather Tax'; 'Land Tax'. A 'Dog Tax' strikes down J. B.'s dog, its collar inscribed 'Poor Tray'. Another dog worries a cat (left). J. B. holds up a derelict umbrella, inscribed 'Trade', pierced by many prongs and useless."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Raining cats dogs and pitchforks with the prongs downward
Description:
Title etched above image., Caption title below image., and Text below caption title: It must be the fault of the weather - for when it rains - it rains taxes - & when it shines - it shines taxes.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Animal attachs, Cats, Dogs, Pitchforks, and Umbrellas
A man stands beside a public water pump holding the ladle that is chained to the pump. Looking straight at the viewer, he toasts the King with water from the ladle. Below the image are the words "Pure loyalty. Here's a health to the King God bless him."
Description:
Title from text below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Tipped to a sheet of printed music that has been covered with poems cut from newspapers or journals as well as two clippings, one dated 13 September 1839 about the Yorkshire Hussars and another undated but probably 1830 as it discusses the implications of the death of William Huskission circa 1830.
Publisher:
Published by G. Tregear, 123 Cheapside, London and Dean & Munday's Lithoy., Threadneedle St.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below center image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Five designs on one plate, each individually titled., One of six plates in a series., Temporary local subject terms: Animal heads on human figures in a variety of trades and activities -- Calves -- Ducks -- Rabbits -- Fish -- Dogs --, and Watermark: J. Whatman 1830.
An older gentleman is on horseback strapped into a contraption that limits the horses movement (as such, it won't move above a trot pace), limits any jolting movements and also provides shade and cover through the attachment of an umbrella. In the left background, a horseman struggles to control his horse as a panicked lady watches on and his top hat flies off behind him. To the right a male onlooker peers through his monocle in awe of the timid horsemen's contraption
Description:
Title from text below image., Series title etched above image., Later edition attributes these plates to Robert Seymour: Living made easy : dedicated to the Utilitarian Society : twelve humorous subjects / designed by R. Seymour. New-York : Published by E.S. Mesier, 28 Wall Street, 1832., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Horses, Umbrellas, Machinery, Dandies, and British
"Satire showing a couple of young men rushing through a doorway as a family with children bear down towards them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1990,1109.70., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Two lines of dialogue below title: Ah! Mr. Bilk'em, how d'ye do? Why you've got very stout ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by J. Field, late Berthoud's, 65 Quadrant
Title from text above images., Three designs arranged horizontally on one plate, each with a title and caption below; left design entitled "Painting", center design entitled "Poetry" and right design entitled "Antiquity"., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
